Dahal cabinet, 2008

2008 Dahal Cabinet
2008 Dahal Cabinet
; Cabinet of Nepal
Date formed	18 August 2008
Date dissolved	25 May 2009
People and organisations
Head of state	Ram Baran Yadav
Head of government	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Deputy head of government	Bam Dev Gautam
Member party	Major parties; Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre); Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist); Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal; Minor parties; Sadbhavana Party; Janamorcha Nepal; Communist Party of Nepal (United)
Opposition party	Nepali Congress
Opposition leader	Girija Prasad Koirala
History
Election(s)	2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly Election
Legislature term(s)	1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Successor	Madhav Nepal cabinet

Following the Nepalese Constituent Assembly Election on 10 April 2008, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) formed a government out of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal and backed by the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist), Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal, Sadbhavana Party, Janamorcha Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal (United).^[1]^[2]

Ministers[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ « Prachanda elected PM with 464 votes Archived 2008-11-22 at the Wayback Machine » (15 August 2008), sur le site nepalnews.com.
^ « Ministers of Democratic Federal Republic of Nepal Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine ».
^ "प्रधानमन्त्री श्री पुष्पकमल दाहालले मौजुदा मन्त्रीपरिषद्मा हेरफेर गरेको". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
^ "मन्त्रीहरू थप गरी कार्य विभाजन तोकेको". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
^ "Nepal assembly elects Prachanda as Prime Minister". The Economic Times. 2008-08-15. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
^ "मन्त्री श्री बामदेव गौतमले कार्यभार सम्हाल्ने". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2024-05-15.

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[1] « Prachanda elected PM with 464 votes Archived 2008-11-22 at the Wayback Machine » (15 August 2008), sur le site nepalnews.com.

[2] « Ministers of Democratic Federal Republic of Nepal Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine ».

[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 assembly elects Prachanda as Prime Minister". The Economic Times. 2008-08-15. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-05-15.

[6] "मन्त्री श्री बामदेव गौतमले कार्यभार सम्हाल्ने". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2024-05-15.

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