Newly appointed Prime Minster Oli forms a 22-member cabinet

Prime Minister Oli’s newly selected cabinet consists of 22 members.

The ministers and the newly appointed prime minister have taken an oath of office and confidentiality. Subsequently, on Sunday night at Sheetal Niwas, President Ramchandra Paudel named Oli as the 45th Prime Minister of Nepal, following Article 76 (2) of the Constitution. Afterward, he then took the oath from the other nineteen ministers and two deputy prime ministers. Moreover, the recently elected ministers will begin serving in their various capacities today and, consequently, report to their ministries.

Following the taking of the oath of office, the recently minted PM Oli formed a 22-member government.”

This is the list of ministers appointed along with the Prime Minister:

KP Sharma Oli – Prime Minister; furthermore,
Prakash Man Singh – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Urban Development; in addition,
Bishnu Paudel – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance; moreover,
Prithvi Subba Gurung – Minister of Communications and Information Technology; also,
Ramesh Lekhak – Minister of Home Affairs; similarly,
Sharatsingh Bhandari – Minister of Labour and Employment; additionally,
Arzu Rana Deuba – Minister of Foreign Affairs; consequently,
Nawal Kishor Sah Sudi – Minister of Women, Children, and Older Citizens; likewise,
Balram Adhikari – Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives, and Poverty Alleviation; on top of that,
Damodar Bhandari – Minister of Industry, Commerce, and Supplies; thus,
Devendra Dahal – Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport; hence,
Tejulal Chaudhary – Minister of Youth and Sports; and finally,
Pradeep Yadav – Minister of Water Supply; as well as,
Pradeep Paudel – Minister of Health.

Additional appointees are:

Ajay Chaurasia – Minister of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs
Badri Prasad Pandey – Minister of Tourism
Ram Nath Adhikari – Minister of Agriculture
Bidya Bhattarai – Minister of Education, Science, and Technology
Manbir Rai – Minister of Defense
Deepak Khadka – Minister of Water Resources and Energy
Rajkumar Gupta – Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration
Ain Bahadur Shahi Thakuri – Minister of Forests and Environment