Minister of Health and Population (Nepal)

The Minister of Health and Population (Nepali: स्वास्थ्य तथा जनसंख्या मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Health and Population.^[1][2][3] One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister is responsibility for overall policy formulation, planning, organisation and coordination of the health sector at national, province, district and community levels. The Minister is assisted by the Minister of State for Health and Population and the junior Deputy Minister of Health and Population.^[4][5]

Minister of Health and Population
स्वास्थ्य तथा जनसंख्या मन्त्री
Emblem of Nepal
Flag of Nepal
Incumbent Pradip Paudel since 15 July 2024
Ministry of Health and Population
Style	Honourable
Member of	Council of Ministers
Reports to	Prime Minister, Parliament
Seat	Singha Durbar, Nepal
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	President
Term length	No fixed term
Deputy	Minister of State for Health and Population

The current minister is Pradip Paudel,^[6][7] who took office on 15 July 2024.^[8]

List of former ministers

#		Name	Took of office			Prime Minister		Minister's Party
1		Upendra Yadav [9][10]	1 June 2018	20 November 2019	537		KP Sharma Oli	FSFN
								SPN
2		Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal [11][12]	20 November 2019	25 December 2020	401			CPN (UML)
3		Hridayesh Tripathi [13][14]	25 December 2020	4 June 2021	161			PPP
4		Sher Bahadur Tamang [15][16]	4 June 2021	22 June 2021	18			CPN (UML)
5		Krishna Gopal Shrestha [17][18]	24 June 2021	12 July 2021	18
–		Sher Bahadur Deuba [19][20]	13 July 2021	8 October 2021	87		Sher Bahadur Deuba	Nepali Congress
6		Birodh Khatiwada [21][22]	8 October 2021	27 June 2022	262			CPN (Unified Socialist)
7		Bhawani Prasad Khapung [23][24]	27 June 2022	26 December 2022	182
–		Pushpa Kamal Dahal [25][26]	26 December 2022	17 January 2023	22		Puspha Kamal Dahal	CPN (Maoist Centre)
8		Padam Giri [27][28]	17 January 2023	27 February 2023	41			CPN (UML)
–		Pushpa Kamal Dahal [29][30]	27 February 2023	3 May 2023	65			CPN (Maoist Centre)
9		Mohan Bahadur Basnet [31][32]	3 May 2023	4 March 2024	306			Nepali Congress
–		Pushpa Kamal Dahal [33][34]	4 March 2024	10 March 2024	2			CPN (Maoist Centre)
10		Upendra Yadav [35][36]	10 March 2024	13 May 2024	64			PSP-N
11		Pradeep Yadav [37][38]	13 May 2024	8 July 2024	56			PSP
–		Pushpa Kamal Dahal [39][40]	8 July 2024	15 July 2024	7			CPN (Maoist Centre)
12		Pradip Paudel [6][7]	15 July 2024	Incumbent	396		KP Sharma Oli	Nepali Congress