First Dahal cabinet

The first Dahal cabinet was formed on 18 August 2008 following the 2008 Constituent Assembly election. CPN (Maoist) leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal was appointed as prime minister and his coalition government was supported by CPN (UML), Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Sadbhavana Party, Janamorcha Nepal and CPN (United).^[1][2][3] The cabin was expanded with the inclusion of two ministers on 25 March 2009.^[4]

First Dahal cabinet
Cabinet of Nepal
August 2008–May 2009
Date formed	18 August 2008
Date dissolved	25 May 2009
People and organisations
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Deputy Prime Minister	Bam Dev Gautam
Total no. of members	26 appointments
Member party	CPN (Maoist)   CPN (UML)   MFJ-N   Sadbhavana   Janamorcha   CPN (United)
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition) 413 / 601 (69%)
Opposition party	Nepali Congress
Opposition leader	Girija Prasad Koirala
History
Election	2008
Legislature term	2008–2012
Predecessor	G.P. Koirala interim cabinet
Successor	Madhav Nepal cabinet

After unsuccessfully trying to remove Chief of the Nepalese Army Rookmangud Katawal, Dahal lost support of his biggest coalition partner CPN (UML) and resigned on 4 May 2009.^[5][6] He was replaced by Madhav Kumar Nepal on 25 May 2009.

Cabinet

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