Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation

Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
संस्कृति, पर्यटन तथा नागरिक उड्डयन मन्त्री
Emblem of Nepal
Emblem of Nepal
Incumbent
Badri Pandey
since 15 July 2024
Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
StyleHonourable
Member ofCouncil of Ministers
Reports toPrime Minister, Parliament
SeatSingha Durbar, Nepal
NominatorPrime Minister
AppointerPresident
Term lengthNo fixed term
DeputyMinister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation

The Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (Nepali: संस्कृति, पर्यटन तथा नागरिक उड्डयन मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation of the Government of Nepal. One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister is responsibility for promoting tourism, culture and private sector involvement in Nepal. The Minister is assisted by the Minister of State for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and the junior Deputy Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.[1][2]

The current minister is Badri Pandey[3][4] who took office on 15 July 2024.[5]

List of ministers of culture, tourism and civil aviation

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This is a list of former Ministers of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2008:

Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Took office Left Office Party Government Prime Minister Ref
Hisila Yami
(born 1959)
MCA for Kathmandu 7 		August 18, 2008 May 25, 2009 Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Dahal I Pushpa Kamal Dahal [6][7]
Sharat Singh Bhandari
(born 1954)
MCA for Mahottari 6 		May 25, 2009 February 6, 2011 Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Nepal Madhav Kumar Nepal [8][9]
Khadga Bahadur Bishwakarma
(born 1968)
MCA for Kalikot 1 		May 4, 2011 August 29, 2011 Khanal Jhala Nath Khanal [10][11]
Ram Kumar Shrestha March 18, 2013 February 11, 2014 Independent Regmi Khil Raj Regmi [12][13]
Bhim Acharya
(born 1959)
MCA for Sunsari 6 		February 25, 2014 September 13, 2014 Nepali Congress Koirala Sushil Koirala [14]
Deepak Chandra Amatya September 14, 2014 May 22, 2015 [15]
Kripasur Sherpa May 23, 2015 October 12, 2015 [16]
Ananda Pokharel November 5, 2015 August 4, 2016 Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Oli I KP Sharma Oli [17]
Jeevan Bahadur Shahi
(born 1965)
MCA for Humla 1 		August 26, 2016 May 8, 2017 Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Dahal II Pushpa Kamal Dahal [18]
Jitendra Narayan Dev May 8, 2017 May 31, 2017 [19]
July 26, 2017 February 15, 2018 Nepali Congress Deuba IV Sher Bahadur Deuba [20]
Rabindra Prasad Adhikari
(1969–2019)
Kaski 2 		March 16, 2018 February 27, 2019 Nepal Communist Party Oli II KP Sharma Oli [21][22]
KP Sharma Oli
(born 1952)
MP for Jhapa 5 		March 1, 2019 July 30, 2019 [23]
Yogesh Bhattarai
(born 1966)
MP for Taplejung 1 		July 31, 2019 December 20, 2020 [24]
Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal
(born 1962)
MP for Morang 3 		December 25, 2020 June 4, 2021 Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) [25]
Uma Shankar Aragriya
(born 1977)
MP for Dhanusha 2 		June 4, 2021 June 22, 2021 [26][27]
Lila Nath Shrestha
(born 1962)
MP for Siraha 3 		June 24, 2021 July 12, 2021 [28][29]
Prem Ale
(born 1970)
MP for Doti 1 		October 8, 2021 June 28, 2022 Nepali Congress Deuba V Sher Bahadur Deuba [30]
Jeevan Ram Shrestha
(born 1965)
MP for Kathmandu 8 		June 30, 2022 December 26, 2022 [31][32]
Sudan Kirati
(born 1979)
MP for Bhojpur 1 		January 17, 2023 March 4, 2024 Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Dahal III Pushpa Kamal Dahal [33][34]
Hit Bahadur Tamang (born 1963)
MP for Nuwakot 1 		March 4, 2024 15 July 2024 [35][36]

References

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  35. ^ "Hit Bahadur Tamang to become Minister from Maoist Center". Khabarhub. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  36. ^ Republica. "RSP's DP Aryal and Maoist Center's Hit Bahadur Tamang to become ministers". My Republica. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
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