Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration

Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration
सङ्घीय मामिला तथा सामान्य प्रशासन मन्त्री
Emblem of Nepal
Flag of Nepal
since 15 July 2024
Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration
StyleHonourable
Member ofCouncil of Ministers
Reports toPrime Minister, Parliament
SeatSingha Durbar, Nepal
NominatorPrime Minister
AppointerPresident
Term lengthNo fixed term
PrecursorMinister of Federal Affairs and Local Development
Minister of General Administration

The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (Nepali: सङ्घीय मामिला तथा सामान्य प्रशासन मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration of the Government of Nepal.[1] One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister is responsibility for coordination, cooperation, facilitation and monitoring and evaluation of activities undertaken by local governments; regulation and management of the civil service in the country.[2][3]

The current minister is Raj Kumar Gupta,[4][5] who took office on 15 July 2024.

List of former ministers

  Nepali Congress   CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
  CPN (Maoist Centre)
  People's Socialist Party, Nepal
  People's Progressive Party, Nepal

# Name Took of office Prime Minister Minister's Party
1 Lal Babu Pandit
[6][7] 		16 March 2018 20 March 2019 369 KP Sharma Oli CPN (UML)
2 Hridayesh Tripathi
[8][9] 		21 November 2019 25 December 2020 400 PPP-N
CPN (UML)
3 Ganesh Singh Thagunna
[10][11] 		25 December 2020 4 June 2021 161
4 Ganesh Kumar Pahadi
[12][13] 		10 June 2021 22 June 2021 12
5 Lilanath Shrestha
[14] 		24 June 2021 11 July 2021 17
– Sher Bahadur Deuba
[15][16] 		13 July 2021 8 October 2021 87 Sher Bahadur Deuba Nepali Congress
6 Rajendra Prasad Shrestha
[17] 		8 October 2021 14 October 2022 371 PSP-N
– Pushpa Kamal Dahal
[18][19] 		26 December 2022 17 January 2023 22 Puspha Kamal Dahal CPN (Maoist Centre)
7 Aman Lal Modi
[20][21] 		17 January 2023 14 August 2023 209 CPN (Maoist Centre)
8 Anita Devi Sah
[21][22] 		14 August 2023 4 March 2024 203 Janamat Party
– Pushpa Kamal Dahal
[23][24] 		4 March 2024 6 March 2024 2 CPN (MC)
9 Bhanu Bhakta Joshi
[25][26] 		6 March 2024 15 July 2024 131 CPN (Unified Socialist)
10 Raj Kumar Gupta
[4][5] 		15 July 2024 Incumbent 158 KP Sharma Oli CPN (UML)

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