The newly appointed ministers in the newly formed government led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba have been sworn in.
President Bidhya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy amid a function organised at the Office of the President in Sheetal Niwas.
Today, 16 ministers and two State Ministers have been appointed from Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN (Unified Socialist), and Janata Samajbadi Party.
See the list of ministers:
1) From Nepali Congress (NC):
Ministry of Home Affairs: Balkrishna Khand
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Narayan Khadka
Communication, Information, and Technology: Gyanendra Bahadur Karki
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs: Dilendra Badu
Women, Children and Senior Citizen: Uma Regmi
Ministry of Defense: Minendra Rijal
Ministry of Drinking Water: Umakanta Chaudhary
Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Supplies: Gajendra Hamal
2) From Janta Samajbadi Party-Nepal (JSP-Nepal)
Physical Infrastructure and Transport: Renu Yadav
Federal Affairs and General Administration: Rajendra Shrestha
Forest and Environment: Ram Sahay Yadav
Agriculture and Livestock Development: Pramod Sah
4) From the CPN (Unified Socialist)
Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation: Prem Bahadur Ale
Labor Employment and Social Security: Krishna Kumar Shrestha
Ministry of Urban Development: Ram Kumari Jhakri
Health and Population: Birodh Khatiwada
Minister of State for Health: Bhavani Prasad Khapung
4) From the CPN (Maoist Centre)
Ministry of Finance: Janardhan Sharma
Education Science and Technology: Devendra Poudel
Ministry of Energy and Irrigation: Pampha Bhusal
Land Management Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation: Shashi Shrestha
Ministry of Youth and Sports: Maheshwar Gahatraj
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