First Dahal cabinet

First Dahal cabinet

Cabinet of Nepal
August 2008–May 2009
Date formed18 August 2008
Date dissolved25 May 2009
People and organisations
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Deputy Prime MinisterBam Dev Gautam
Member party
  •   CPN (Maoist)
      CPN (UML)
      MFJ-N
      Sadbhavana
      Janamorcha
      CPN (United)
Status in legislatureMajority (coalition)
413 / 601 (69%)


Opposition partyNepali Congress
Opposition leaderGirija Prasad Koirala
History
Election2008
Legislature term2008–2012
PredecessorG.P. Koirala interim cabinet
SuccessorMadhav Nepal cabinet

The first Dahal cabinet was formed on 18 August 2008 following the 2008 Constituent Assembly election. CPN (Maoist) leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal was appointed as prime minister and his coalition government was supported by CPN (UML), Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Sadbhavana Party, Janamorcha Nepal and CPN (United).[1][2][3] The cabin was expanded with the inclusion of two ministers on 25 March 2009.[4]

After unsuccessfully trying to remove Chief of the Nepalese Army Rookmangud Katawal, Dahal lost support of his biggest coalition partner CPN (UML) and resigned on 4 May 2009.[5][6] He was replaced by Madhav Kumar Nepal on 25 May 2009.

Cabinet

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S.N. Portfolio Minister Party Assumed office Left office
Cabinet ministers
1 Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal[7] CPN (Maoist) 18 August 2008 25 May 2008
Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare 25 March 2009
2 Deputy Prime Minister Bam Dev Gautam[8] CPN (UML) 18 August 2008 25 May 2009
Minister for Home Affairs
3 Minister for Finance Baburam Bhattarai CPN (Maoist) 22 August 2008 25 May 2009
4 Minister for Foreign Affairs Upendra Yadav MJF-N 22 August 2008 25 May 2009
5 Minister for Defence Ram Bahadur Thapa CPN (Maoist) 22 August 2008 25 May 2009
6 Minister for Physical Planning and Works Bijay Kumar Gachhadar MJF-N 22 August 2008 25 May 2009
7 Minister for Water Resources Bishnu Prasad Paudel CPN (UML) 18 August 2008 25 May 2009
8 Minister for Information and Communication Krishna Bahadur Mahara CPN (Maoist) 22 August 2008 25 May 2009
9 Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives Jay Prakash Gupta MJF-N 22 August 2008 25 May 2009
10 Minister for Industry Astalaxmi Shakya CPN (UML) 18 August 2008 25 May 2009
11 Minister for Law, Justice and Constituent Assembly Dev Gurung CPN (Maoist) 22 August 2008 25 May 2009
12 Minister for Commerce and Supplies Rajendra Mahato Sadbhavana 18 August 2008 25 May 2009
13 Minister of Land Reform and Management Matrika Yadav CPN (Maoist) 31 August 2008 25 March 2009
Mahendra Paswan CPN (Maoist) 25 March 2009 25 May 2009
14 Minister for Minister of Youth and Sports Gopal Shakya CPN (UML) 18 August 2008 25 May 2009
15 Minister for General Administration Pampha Bhusal CPN (Maoist) 31 August 2008 25 May 2009
16 Minister for Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Hisila Yami CPN (Maoist) 31 August 2008 25 May 2009
17 Minister for Minister for Health and Population Giriraj Mani Pokharel Janamorcha 22 August 2008 25 May 2009
18 Minister for Education Renu Kumari Yadav MJF-N 22 August 2008 25 May 2009
19 Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation Kiran Gurung CPN (UML) 31 August 2008 25 May 2009
20 Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Janardhan Sharma CPN (Maoist) 31 August 2008 25 May 2009
21 Minister for Culture and State Restructuring Gopal Kirati CPN (Maoist) 31 August 2008 25 May 2009
22 Minister for Local Development Ram Chandra Jha CPN (UML) 31 August 2008 25 May 2009
23 Minister for Labour and Transport Lekh Raj Bhatta CPN (Maoist) 31 August 2008 25 May 2009
24 Minister for Science and Technology Ganesh Shah CPN (United) 31 August 2008 25 May 2009
25 Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Ramcharan Chaudhari (Tharu) CPN (Maoist) 25 March 2009 25 May 2009

References

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  1. ^ "Prachanda elected PM with 464 votes". Nepal News. 2008-08-15. Archived from the original on 2008-11-22.
  2. ^ "Ministers of Democratic Federal Republic of Nepal". Nepal News. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20.
  3. ^ "प्रधानमन्त्री श्री पुष्पकमल दाहालले मौजुदा मन्त्रीपरिषद्मा हेरफेर गरेको". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  4. ^ "मन्त्रीहरू थप गरी कार्य विभाजन तोकेको". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  5. ^ "Nepal communists quit in protest". 2009-05-03. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  6. ^ "Nepal's Maoist prime minister resigns after clash with president". the Guardian. 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  7. ^ "Nepal assembly elects Prachanda as Prime Minister". The Economic Times. 2008-08-15. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  8. ^ "मन्त्री श्री बामदेव गौतमले कार्यभार सम्हाल्ने". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2024-05-15.