Third Deuba cabinet

The third Deuba cabinet of Nepal was formed on 10 June 2004 after the appointment of Sher Bahadur Deuba as prime minister by King Gyanendra.^[1][2] The cabinet was expanded on 5 July 2004 with the inclusion of CPN (UML), Rastriya Prajatantra Party and Nepal Sadbhawana Party.^[3][4]

Third Deuba cabinet
Cabinet of Nepal
June 2004–February 2005
Date formed	10 June 2004 (2004-06-10)
Date dissolved	2 February 2005 (2005-02-02)
People and organisations
Monarch	King Gyanendra
Prime Minister	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Total no. of members	31 appointments
Member party	Nepali Congress (Democratic)   CPN (UML)   Rastriya Prajatantra Party   Nepal Sadbhawana Party   Independent
History
Predecessor	Fifth Thapa cabinet
Successor	King Gyanendra cabinet

The cabinet was dismissed on 1 February 2005 by King Gyanendra who assumed executive power.^[5]

Cabinet

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Took office	Left office
Prime Minister of Nepal Minister for Palace Affairs Minister for Defence Minister for Foreign Affairs	Sher Bahadur Deuba		Congress (Democratic)	10 June 2004	1 February 2005
Minister for Finance	Bharat Mohan Adhikari		CPN (UML)	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Minister for Information and Communications	Mohammad Mohsin		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation	Badri Prasad Mandal		Nepal Sadbhawana Party	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Minister for Science and Technology	Balaram Gharti Magar		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Minister for Education and Sports	Bimalendra Nidhi		Congress (Democratic)	10 June 2004	1 February 2005
Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies				10 June 2004	5 July 2004
Minister for Physical Planning and Construction	Prakash Man Singh		Congress (Democratic)	10 June 2004	1 February 2005
Minister for Health	Ashok Rai		CPN (UML)	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Minister for Home Affairs	Purna Bahadur Khadka		Congress (Democratic)	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation	Dip Kumar Upadhaya		Congress (Democratic)	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies	Ishwar Pokhrel		CPN (UML)	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Minister for Local Development	Yubaraj Gyawali		CPN (UML)	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Minister for Land Reform and Management	Jog Meher Shrestha		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives	Hom Nath Dahal		Congress (Democratic)	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Minister for Labour and Transportation Management	Raghuji Pant		CPN (UML)	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Minister for Population and Environment	Bachaspati Devkota		CPN (UML)	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare	Astalaxmi Shakya		CPN (UML)	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs	Tek Bahadur Chokhyal		Congress (Democratic)	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Minister for General Administration	Krishna Lal Thakali		Independent	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Ministers of State
Minister of State for Water Supply	Thakur Prasad Sharma		Independent	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs	Prakash Sharan Mahat		Congress (Democratic)	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Minister of State for Local Development	Krishna Gopal Shrestha		CPN (UML)	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Minister of State for Education and Sports	Bal Krishna Khand		Congress (Democratic)	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Minister of State for Labour and Transportation Management	Urba Dutta Pant		CPN (UML)	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Minister of State for Health	Bansidhar Mishra		CPN (UML)	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Minister of State for Science and Technology	Pratibha Rana		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Minister of State for Land Reform and Management	Ram Chandra Raya		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Assistant Minister
Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives	Uma Kanta Chaudhary		Congress (Democratic)	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Assistant Minister for Population and Environment	Lal Bahadur Bishwakarma		CPN (UML)	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Assistant Minister for Physical Planning and Construction	Hari Shankar Pariyar		Congress (Democratic)	5 July 2004	1 February 2005
Assistant Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation	Bhim Kumari Budha Magar		Congress (Democratic)	5 July 2004	1 February 2005