Minister of Home Affairs (Nepal)
| Minister of Home Affairs | |
|---|---|
| गृहमन्त्रालय | |
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| Style | His Excellency |
| Member of | Council of Ministers |
| Reports to | Prime Minister |
| Seat | Singha Durbar, Nepal |
| Nominator | Home Minister |
| Appointer | The President |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Inaugural holder | B. P. Koirala |
| Formation | 21 February 1951 |
The Minister of Home Affairs (or simply, the Home Minister, ( Nepali: गृहमन्त्री ) is the head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of Nepal. One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the chief responsibility of the Home Minister is the maintenance of Nepal's internal security; the country's large police force comes under its jurisdiction. Occasionally, they are assisted by the Minister of State of Home Affairs and the lower-ranked Deputy Minister of Home Affairs.[1][2]
List of ministers of home affairs[edit]
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This is a list of former Ministers of Home Affairs since Nepal was declared Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal:
| # | Name | Term of office | Prime Minister | Minister's Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bam Dev Gautam | 18 August 2008[3] | 25 May 2009 | 280 days | Pushpa Kamal Dahal | CPN (UML) | ||
| 2 | Bhim Bahadur Rawal | 25 May 2009 | 6 February 2011 | 1 year, 257 days | Madhav Kumar Nepal | |||
| 3 | Krishna Bahadur Mahara | 6 February 2011 | 29 August 2011 | 204 days | Jhala Nath Khanal | CPN (MC) | ||
| 4 | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | 4 September 2011 | 14 March 2013 | 1 year, 191 days | Baburam Bhattarai | MJFN (L) | ||
| 5 | Madhav Ghimire | 14 March 2013 | 11 February 2014 | 334 days | Khil Raj Regmi | Independent | ||
| 6 | Bam Dev Gautam | 25 February 2014 | 12 October 2015 | 1 year, 229 days | Sushil Koirala | CPN (UML) | ||
| 7 | Shakti Bahadur Basnet | 19 October 2015[4] | 4 August 2016 | 290 days | KP Sharma Oli | CPN (MC) | ||
| 8 | Bimalendra Nidhi | 4 August 2016[5] | 7 June 2017 | 307 days | Pushpa Kamal Dahal | Nepali Congress | ||
| 9 | Janardan Sharma | 7 June 2017[6] | 17 October 2017 | 132 days | Sher Bahadur Deuba | CPN (MC) | ||
| 10 | Ram Bahadur Thapa | 26 February 2018[a] | 20 May 2021 | 3 years, 83 days | KP Sharma Oli | CPN (MC) | ||
| 11 | Khagaraj Adhikari | 10 June 2021 | 22 June 2021 | 12 days | CPN (UML) | |||
| 12 | Bishnu Prasad Paudel | 24 June 2021 | 13 July 2021 | 19 days | ||||
| 13 | Bal Krishna Khand | 13 July 2021 | 26 December 2022 | 1 year, 166 days | Sher Bahadur Deuba | Nepali Congress | ||
| 14 | Rabi Lamichhane | 26 December 2022 | 27 January 2023[7] | 32 days | Pushpa Kamal Dahal | RSP | ||
| 15 | Narayan Kaji Shrestha | 31 March 2023 | 4 March 2024 | 339 days | CPN (MC) | |||
| 16 | Rabi Lamichhane | 6 March 2024 | Incumbent | 52 days | RSP | |||
Explanatory Note[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "गृह मन्त्रालय". moha.gov.np (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "Council of Ministers | Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers". Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "Meet the new cabinet of ministers". Nepali Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Nepal's Prime Minister KP Oli Expands Cabinet, Inducts 9 New Ministers". NDTV. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ "13 new ministers take oath from President". The Himalayan Times. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "Sher Bahadur Deuba sworn-in as Nepal's 40th prime minister". Xinhua. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ "रवि लामिछानेको सांसद पद खारेज". OnlineKhabar. Retrieved 27 January 2023.