Kathmandu: Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli on Friday reshuffled the Council of Ministers, inducting eight ministers and two state ministers from the Mahantha Thakur-Rajendra Mahato faction of the Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal (JSPN).
The PM removed all except four ministers representing the government from UML, retaining only Bishnu Prasad Poudel, Krishna Gopal Shrestha, Lilanath Shrestha, and Basanta Nembang. All the newly-appointed ministers took an oath of office and secrecy at Sheetal Niwas, the President’s Office this evening.
Ministers and Portfolios
Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli: Defense, Home, Communication and Information Technology, Tourism, Agriculture, Industry, Commerce and Supplies, and General Administration
Bishnu Poudel: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance
Rajendra Mahato: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Urban Development
Raghubir Mahaseth: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs
Sher Bahadur Tamang: Minister for Health
Krishna Gopal Shrestha: Minister for Education
Basanta Kumar Nembang: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport
Lilanath Shrestha: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Sarat Singh Bhandari: Minister for Energy
Anil Jha: Minister for Water Supply
Bimal Shrivastav: Minister for Labor and Employment
Umashankar Aragaria: Minister for Forest and Environment
Laxman Lal Karna: Minister for Land Management
Chanda Chaudhary: Minister for Women, Children, and Senior Citizens
Ekwal Miya: Minister for Youth and Sports
Chandrakant Chaudhary: Minister of State for Energy
Renuka Gurung: Minister of State for Women, Children and Senior Citizens
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