Second Dahal cabinet

The Second Pushpa Kamal Dahal cabinet was formed on 4 August 2016 after Pushpa Kamal Dahal of the CPN (Maoist Centre) was appointed as prime minister.^[1][2] The cabinet was expanded on 8, 14 & 25 August and 30 November 2016.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]} He resigned on 31 May 2017 to make way for Sher Bahadur Deuba of the Nepali Congress.^[11][12]

Second Dahal Cabinet
Cabinet of Nepal
August 2016–May 2017
Date formed	4 August 2016
Date dissolved	31 May 2017
People and organisations
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Deputy Prime Minister	Bijay Kumar Gachhadar Krishna Bahadur Mahara Bimalendra Nidhi
Total no. of members	49 appointments
Member party	CPN (Maoist Centre)   Nepali Congress   Loktantrik Forum   RPP   CPN (United)   Akhanda Nepal   Samajbadi Janata
History
Election	2013
Legislature term	2015–17
Predecessor	First Oli cabinet
Successor	Fourth Deuba cabinet

Cabinet

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Took office	Left office
Prime Minister of NepalN1	Pushpa Kamal Dahal		Maoist Centre	4 August 2016	31 May 2017
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Federal Affairs and Local Development	Bijay Kumar Gachhadar		Loktantrik Forum	8 May 2017[13]	31 May 2017
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Home Affairs	Bimalendra Nidhi		Congress	4 August 2016	31 May 2017
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Finance	Krishna Bahadur Mahara		Maoist Centre	4 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister for Urban Development	Arjun Narasingha K.C.		Congress	25 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation	Ramesh Lekhak		Congress	4 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister for Energy	Janardhan Sharma		Maoist Centre	14 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation	Prem Bahadur Singh		Samajbadi Janata	19 January 2017[14]	31 May 2017
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Prakash Sharan Mahat		Congress	25 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister for Defense	Bal Krishna Khand		Congress	25 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister for Labour and Employment	Surya Man Gurung		Congress	25 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister for Information and Communications	Ram Karki		Maoist Centre	14 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister for Education	Dhaniram Paudel[a]		Maoist Centre	25 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs	Ajaya Shankar Nayak		Maoist Centre	14 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister for Agricultural Development	Gauri Shankar Chaudhary		Maoist Centre	4 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister for Youth and Sports	Daljit Shreepaili		Maoist Centre	4 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister for Population and Environment	Jaydev Joshi[b]		CPN (United)	11 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister for General Administration	Keshav Kumar Budhathoki		Congress	25 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister for Commerce	Romy Gauchan Thakali		Congress	25 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister for Peace and Reconstruction	Sita Devi Yadav		Congress	25 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation	Jeevan Bahadur Shahi		Congress	25 August 2016	8 May 2017
Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation				8 May 2017	31 May 2017
Minister for Irrigation	Deepak Giri		Congress	25 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister for Industry	Nabindra Raj Joshi		Congress	25 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation	Shankar Bhandari		Congress	25 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister for Health	Gagan Thapa		Congress	25 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister for Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation	Hridaya Ram Thani		Congress	25 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation	Jitendra Narayan Dev		Loktantrik Forum	8 May 2017[13]	31 May 2017
Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Development	Kumar Khadka		Akhanda Nepal	19 January 2017[14]	31 May 2017
Minister for Supplies	Deepak Bohora[b]		RPP	11 August 2016[15]	2 May 2017[16]
Minister for Land Reform and Management	Bikram Pandey[b]		RPP	11 August 2016[15]	2 May 2017[16]
	Gopal Dahit		Loktantrik Forum	8 May 2017[13]	31 May 2017
Minister for Federal Affairs and Local Development	Hitraj Pandey		Maoist Centre	14 August 2016	8 May 2017
Ministers of State
Minister of State for Federal Affairs and Local Development	Shree Prasad Jabegu		Maoist Centre	14 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister of State for Energy	Satya Narayan Bhagat		Maoist Centre	14 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister of State for Agricultural Development	Radhika Tamang		Maoist Centre	14 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister of State for Education	Dhanmaya B.K.		Maoist Centre	14 August 2016	31 May 2017
Minister of State for Forests and Soil Conservation	Dirgha Raj Bhatta		Congress	30 November 2016	31 May 2017
Minister of State for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation	Sitaram Mahato		Congress	30 November 2016	31 May 2017
Minister of State for Health	Taraman Gurung		Congress	30 November 2016	31 May 2017
Minister of State for Irrigation	Surendra Raj Acharya		Congress	30 November 2016	31 May 2017
Minister of State for Commerce	Subarna Jwarchan		Congress	30 November 2016	31 May 2017
Minister of State for Home Affairs	Indra Bahadur Baniya		Congress	30 November 2016	31 May 2017
Minister of State for Labour and Employment	Dilip Khawas Gachhadar		Congress	30 November 2016	31 May 2017
Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation	Deepak Khadka		Congress	30 November 2016	31 May 2017
Minister of State for Industry	Kanchan Chandra Bade		Congress	30 November 2016	31 May 2017
Minister of State for Urban Development	Mithu Malla		Congress	30 November 2016	31 May 2017
Minister of State for Land Reform and Management	Yasoda Kumari Lama		Loktantrik Forum	9 May 2017[17]	31 May 2017
Minister of State for Federal Affairs and Local Development	Janakraj Chaudhary		Loktantrik Forum	12 May 2017[18]	31 May 2017
Minister of State for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation	Sumitra Tharuni		Loktantrik Forum	9 May 2017[17]	31 May 2017