On Tuesday, the ruling coalition finalized names and ministries for the members of the Council of Ministers. The new ministers were sworn in by President Bidhya Bhandari.
Here’s the updated Council of Ministers along with the newly finalized names:
Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) (CPN Maoist Centre): Prime Minister
Rabi Lamichhane (Rastriya Swatantra Party): Deputy Prime Minister, Ministry of Home Affairs
Bishnu Prasad Poudel (CPN UML): Deputy Prime Minister, Ministry of Finance
Narayan Kaji Shrestha (CPN MC): Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport
Rajendra Prasad Lingden (RPP), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
Padam Giri (CPN UML), Minister of Health and Population
Dr Bimala Rai Poudel (CPN UML), Minister for Foreign Affairs
Jwala Kumari Sah (CPN UML), Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development
Shishir Khanal (RSP) Minister for Education, Science & Technology
Hari Upreti (CPN UML) Minister of Defence
Rekha Sharma (CPN MC), Minister for Communication and Information Technology
Sudan Kiranti (CPN MC), Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
Aman Lal Modi (CPN MC) Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration
Sushila Sripali (CPN MC) State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
Bhagwati Chaudhary (CPN UML), Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens
Damodar Bhandari (CPN UML), Minister for Industry, Commerce & Supply
Rajendra Rai (CPN UML), Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives & Poverty
Bikram Pandey (RPP), Minister for Urban Development
Dhrub Bahadur Pradhan (RPP), Minister for Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs
Dol Prasad Aryal, RSP, Minister for Labour, Employment and Security
Abdul Khan (Janamat Party), Minister of State
Dr Toshima Karki (RSP), Minister of State for Health & Population
Deepak Bahadur Singh (RPP), Minister of State for Energy