Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security

The Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security (Nepali: श्रम, रोजगार तथा सामाजिक सुरक्षा मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security of the Government of Nepal.^[1][2][3] One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister is responsible for formulating policies and programs such as regulation of foreign labor and employment opportunities that make foreign employment safe, dignified and orderly. The minister also has an important role in the determination and implementation of Nepal's foreign employment policy.^[4][5]

Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security
श्रम, रोजगार तथा सामाजिक सुरक्षा मन्त्री
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Incumbent Sharat Singh Bhandari since 15 July 2024
Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security
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
Precursor	Minister of Labour, Employment, Women, Children and Social Security

The current minister is Sharat Singh Bhandari^[6][7] who took office on 15 July 2024.^[8]

List of former ministers

#		Name	Took of office			Prime Minister		Minister's Party
1		Gokarna Bista [9][10]	16 March 2018	20 November 2019	614		KP Sharma Oli	CPN (MC)
								NCP
2		Rameshwor Raya Yadav [11][12]	20 November 2019	20 December 2020	396
								CPN (UML)
3		Gauri Shankar Chaudhary [13][14]	25 December 2020	20 May 2021	146			CPN (Maoist Centre)
4		Bimal Prasad Shrivastav [15][16]	4 June 2021	22 June 2021	18			PSP-Nepal
5		Krishna Gopal Shrestha [17][18]	24 June 2021	12 July 2021	18			CPN (UML)
–		Sher Bahadur Deuba [19][20]	13 July 2021	8 October 2021	87		Sher Bahadur Deuba	Nepali Congress
6		Krishna Kumar Shrestha [21][22]	8 October 2021	27 June 2022	262			CPN (Unified Socialist)
7		Sher Bahadur Kunwor [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		Dol Prasad Aryal [27][28]	17 January 2023	5 February 2023	19			RSP
–		Pushpa Kamal Dahal [29][30]	5 February 2023	31 March 2023	420			CPN (Maoist Centre)
9		Sharat Singh Bhandari [31][32]	31 March 2023	4 March 2024	339			LSP
10		Dol Prasad Aryal [33][34]	4 March 2024	15 July 2024	133			RSP
11		Sharat Singh Bhandari [6][7]	15 July 2024	Incumbent	393		KP Sharma Oli	LSP