Minister of Home Affairs (Nepal)
| Minister of Home Affairs | |
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| गृहमन्त्रालय | |
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since 15 July 2024 | |
| Ministry of Home Affairs | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Member of | Council of Ministers |
| Reports to | Prime Minister |
| Nominator | Home Minister |
| Appointer | The President |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Inaugural holder | B. P. Koirala |
| Formation | 21 February 1951 |
| First holder | Kapil Sharma Adhikari |
The Minister of Home Affairs (or simply, the Home Minister, (Nepali: गृहमन्त्री, romanized: Gṛha Mantrī) 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. Currently the Home Secretary of Nepal is Kapil Sharma Adhikari. He was appointed to this position in September 2024. Earlier Kapil was working as Secretary of National Statistics Office. His experience at the helm of the Ministry of Home Affairs and his background in working in various ministries make him qualified for this post., 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
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 | Maoist Centre | ||
| 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 | Maoist Centre | ||
| 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 | Maoist Centre | ||
| 10 | Ram Bahadur Thapa | 26 February 2018[a] | 20 May 2021 | 3 years, 83 days | KP Sharma Oli | Maoist Centre | ||
| 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 | Maoist Centre | |||
| 16 | Rabi Lamichhane | 6 March 2024 | 15 July 2024 | 131 days | RSP | |||
| 17 | Ramesh Lekhak | 15 July 2024 | Incumbent | 164 days | KP Sharma Oli | Nepali Congress | ||
Explanatory Note
References
- ^ "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.