Madhav Kumar Nepal cabinet

The Madhav Kumar Nepal cabinet was formed on 23 May 2009 after Madhav Kumar Nepal of the CPN (UML) was appointed as prime minister. His candidacy was supported by twenty of twenty five parties in the 1st Constituent Assembly.^[1] He took office with a three-member cabinet on 25 May 2009.^[2] Eight ministers were added from Nepali Congress and MJFN (Loktantrik) on 4 June.^[3]

Madhav Kumar Nepal cabinet
Cabinet of Nepal
May 2009–February 2011
Date formed	23 May 2009
Date dissolved	6 February 2011
People and organisations
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Madhav Kumar Nepal
Deputy Prime Minister	Bijay Kumar Gachhadar
Total no. of members	44 appointments
Member party	CPN (UML)   Congress   MFJN (Loktantrik)   TMLP   TMLP Nepal   Sadbhavana   RPP   CPN (United)   Janashakti   Samajbadi Janata
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition) 296 / 601 (49%)
Opposition party	UCPN (Maoist)
Opposition leader	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
History
Election	2008
Legislature term	2008–2012
Predecessor	First Dahal cabinet
Successor	Khanal cabinet

The cabinet was expanded four more times on 11 June, 24 June, 3 September and 11 September.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Cabinet

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Took office	Left office
Prime Minister of Nepal	Madhav Kumar Nepal		CPN (UML)	25 May 2009	6 February 2011
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal Minister for Physical Planning and Works	Bijay Kumar Gachhadar		MFJN (Loktantrik)	4 June 2009	6 February 2011
Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens				24 June 2009	3 September 2009
Minister for Defence	Bidya Devi Bhandari		CPN (UML)	25 May 2009	6 February 2011
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Sujata Koirala		Congress	4 June 2009	6 February 2011
Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation	Sharat Singh Bhandari		MFJN (Loktantrik)	24 June 2009	6 February 2011
Minister for Home Affairs	Bhim Bahadur Rawal		CPN (UML)	17 June 2009	6 February 2011
Minister for Finance	Surendra Pandey		CPN (UML)	25 May 2009	6 February 2011
Minister for Energy	Prakash Sharan Mahat		Congress	17 June 2009[a]	6 February 2011
Minister for Irrigation	Bal Krishna Khand		Congress	17 June 2009[a]	6 February 2011
Minister for Information and Communications	Shankar Pokharel		CPN (UML)	17 June 2009	6 February 2011
Minister for Constituent Assembly, Federal Affairs, Parliamentary System and Culture	Minendra Rijal		Congress	17 June 2009[a]	6 February 2011
Minister for Peace and Reconstruction	Rakam Chemjong		CPN (UML)	17 June 2009	6 February 2011
Minister for Commerce and Supply	Rajendra Mahato		Sadbhavana	4 July 2009[9]	6 February 2011
Minister for Local Development	Purna Kumar Serma Limbu		Congress	17 June 2009[a]	6 February 2011
Minister for Health and Population	Umakant Chaudhary		Congress	17 June 2009[a]	6 February 2011
Minister for Labour and Transportation Management	Mohammad Aftab Alam		Congress	17 June 2009	6 February 2011
Minister for General Administration	Prabhakar Pradhananga		CPN (UML)	17 June 2009	6 February 2011
Minister for Land Reform and Management	Damber Shrestha		CPN (UML)	4 June 2009 17 June 2009	6 February 2011
Minister for Education	Ram Chandra Kushwaha		TMLP	24 June 2009	6 February 2011
Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation	Deepak Bohara		RPP	24 June 2009	6 February 2011
Minister for Industry	Mahindra Ray Yadav		TMLP Nepal	24 June 2009	6 February 2011
Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives	Mrigendra Kumar Singh Yadav		MFJN (Loktantrik)	24 June 2009	6 February 2011
Minister for Youth and Sports	Ganesh Tiwari Nepali		TMLP	24 June 2009	6 February 2011
Minister for Environment	Thakur Sharma		CPN (United)	29 July 2009	6 February 2011
Minister without portfolio	Laxman Lal Karna		Sadbhavana	3 September 2009	6 February 2011
Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens	Sarbadev Ojha		MFJN (Loktantrik)	3 September 2009	6 February 2011
Minister for Law and Justice	Prem Bahadur Singh		Samajbadi Janata	4 July 2009[9]	6 February 2011
Ministers of State
Minister of State for Local Development	Ganesh Bahadur Khadka		Congress	17 June 2009	6 February 2011
Minister of State for Peace and Reconstruction	Dilli Bahadur Mahat		CPN (UML)	17 June 2009	6 February 2011
Minister of State for General Administration	Jit Bahadur Darji Gautam		CPN (UML)	17 June 2009	6 February 2011
Minister of State for Energy	Chandra Singh Bhattarai		Congress	17 June 2009	6 February 2011
Minister of State for Home Affairs	Mohammad Rizwan Ansari		CPN (UML)	17 June 2009	6 February 2011
Minister of State for Health and Population	Khadga Bahadur Basyal Sarki		Congress	17 June 2009	6 February 2011
Minister of State for Industry	Dan Bahadur Kurmi		TMLP Nepal	24 June 2009	6 February 2011
Minister of State for Land Reform and Management	Man Bahadur Shahi		Congress	24 June 2009	6 February 2011
Minister of State for Science and Technology	Indra Prasad Dhungel		Janashakti	3 September 2009	6 February 2011
Minister of State for Physical Planning and Works	Sanjay Kumar Sah		MFJN (Loktantrik)	3 September 2009	6 February 2011
Minister of State for Women, Children and Senior Citizens	Ram Bachhan Ahir		MFJN (Loktantrik)	3 September 2009	6 February 2011
Minister of State for Agriculture and Cooperatives	Karima Begam		MFJN (Loktantrik)	3 September 2009	6 February 2011
Minister of State for Tourism and Civil Aviation	Shatrughan Singh Koiri		MFJN (Loktantrik)	3 September 2009	6 February 2011
Minister of State for Commerce and Supplies	Saroj Kumar Yadav		Sadbhavana	3 September 2009	6 February 2011
Minister of State for Education	Govinda Chaudhary		TMLP Nepal	11 September 2009	6 February 2011
Assistant Ministers
Assistant Minister for Physical Planning and Works	Kalawati Devi Dusadh		MFJN (Loktantrik)	3 September 2009	6 February 2011
Assistant Minister for Youth and Sports	Chanda Chaudhary		TMLP	11 September 2009	6 February 2011

1. Appointed on 4 June 2009 without any portfolio