Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
The deputy prime minister of Nepal (Nepali: नेपालको उप-प्रधानमन्त्री) is the deputy head of government of Nepal. The deputy prime minister is second in seniority in the Council of Ministers of Nepal. The deputy prime minister is the senior-most member of cabinet after prime minister in the Government of Nepal. The deputy prime minister presides and chairs the cabinet in the absence of prime minister.
| Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
नेपालको उप-प्रधानमन्त्री | |
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Incumbent Narayan Kaji Shrestha since 26 December 2022 Incumbent Raghubir Mahaseth Rabi Lamichhane since 6 March 2024 Incumbent Upendra Yadav since 10 March 2024 | |
| Style | The Right Honourable |
| Abbreviation | DPM |
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| Appointer | President of Nepal |
| Term length | At the president's pleasure |
| Inaugural holder | Subarna Shamsher Rana |
| Formation | 2008 |
| Salary | रु77,640[1] |
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| This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Nepal |
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List of deputy prime ministers of Nepal
The following individuals have been officially appointed as deputy prime minister of Nepal since the country was declared a republic in 2008:
| Name | Additional portfolio | Political party | Assumed office | Left office | Prime Minister |
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| Bam Dev Gautam | Minister of Home Affairs | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | August 2008 | May 2009 | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | Minister for Physical Planning and Works | Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) | 25 May 2009 | 6 February 2011 | Madhav Kumar Nepal |
| Sujata Koirala | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Nepali Congress | 12 October 2009[2] | ||
| Krishna Bahadur Mahara | Minister of Home Affairs | Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) | 4 May 2011[3] | 29 August 2011 | Jhala Nath Khanal |
| Upendra Yadav | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum | |||
| Narayan Kaji Shrestha | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | 4 September 2011[4] | 14 March 2013 | Baburam Bhattarai | |
| Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | Minister of Home Affairs | Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) | |||
| Prakash Man Singh | Minister for Local Development | Nepali Congress | 25 February 2014[5] | 12 October 2015 | Sushil Koirala |
| Bam Dev Gautam | Minister of Home Affairs | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |||
| Bijay Kumar Gacchadar | Minister for Physical Planning and Transport | Nepal Loktantrik Forum | 12 October 2015 | 4 August 2016 | KP Sharma Oli |
| Kamal Thapa | Minister for Foreign Affairs | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | |||
| Top Bahadur Rayamajhi | Minister for Energy | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | 19 October 2015 | ||
| Chandra Prakash Mainali | Minister for Women and Children | Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (2002) | 5 November 2015 | ||
| Chitra Bahadur KC | Minister for Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation | Rastriya Janamorcha | |||
| Bhim Bahadur Rawal | Minister of Defence | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 1 August 2016[6] | ||
| Bimalendra Nidhi | Minister of Home Affairs | Nepali Congress | 4 August 2016 | 31 May 2017 | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Krishna Bahadur Mahara | Minister of Finance | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | |||
| Bijay Kumar Gacchhadar | Minister of Federal Affairs and Local Development | Nepal Loktantrik Forum | 8 May 2017 | ||
| 7 June 2017 | 15 February 2018 | Sher Bahadur Deuba | |||
| Gopal Man Shrestha | Minister of Education | Nepali Congress | |||
| Krishna Bahadur Mahara | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | 17 October 2017 | ||
| Kamal Thapa | Minister for Energy and Urban Development[7] | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 17 October 2017[8] | 14 February 2018[9] | |
| Ishwor Pokharel | Minister of Defence | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 1 June 2018 | 4 June 2021 | KP Sharma Oli |
| Upendra Yadav | Minister for Health and Population | Samajbadi Party, Nepal | 20 November 2019 | ||
| Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs | 21 November 2019 | 24 December 2019 | |||
| Bishnu Prasad Paudel | Minister of Finance | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 4 June 2021[10] | 22 June 2021[11] | |
| Raghubir Mahaseth | Minister of Foreign Affairs | ||||
| Rajendra Mahato | Ministry of Urban Development | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | |||
| Narayan Kaji Shrestha | Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | 26 December 2022 | Incumbent | |
| Pushpa Kamal Dahal | |||||
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Bishnu Prasad Paudel |
Minister of Finance | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 26 December 2022 | 27 February 2023 | |
| Rabi Lamichhane | Minister of Home Affairs | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 26 December 2022 | 27 January 2023 | |
| Rajendra Prasad Lingden | Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 17 January 2023 | 25 February 2023 |
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- "Sujata Koirala appointed as DPM". The Himalayan Times. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- "Prime Minister of Nepal Jhalanath Khanal Expanded Cabinet". Jagran Josh. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- "Nepal Prime Minister Bhattarai expands cabinet". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- "Meet the new cabinet of ministers". Nepali Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- "Nepal Army bids farewell to Defence Minister Rawal". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- "PM sacks Urban Development Minister Giri". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 2018-02-17. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- "Nepal Prime Minister Deuba reshuffles cabinet again". Business Standard India. Business Standard. 2017-10-17. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
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- "Oli cabinet reshuffle: Here's the complete list with portfolios". OnlineKhabar. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
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