Minister of Home Affairs (Nepal)

Minister of Home Affairs
गृहमन्त्रालय
Emblem of Nepal
Flag of Nepal
Incumbent
Ramesh Lekhak
since 15 July 2024
Ministry of Home Affairs
StyleHis Excellency
Member ofCouncil of Ministers
Reports toPrime Minister
NominatorHome Minister
AppointerThe President
Term lengthNo fixed term
Inaugural holderB. P. Koirala
Formation21 February 1951; 73 years ago (21 February 1951)
First holderKapil Sharma Adhikari

The Minister of Home Affairs (or simply, the Home Minister, (Nepali: गृहमन्त्री, romanized: Gṛha Mantrī) is the head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of Nepal. One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the chief responsibility of the Home Minister is the maintenance of Nepal's internal security; the country's large police force comes under its jurisdiction. Currently the Home Secretary of Nepal is Kapil Sharma Adhikari. He was appointed to this position in September 2024. Earlier Kapil was working as Secretary of National Statistics Office. His experience at the helm of the Ministry of Home Affairs and his background in working in various ministries make him qualified for this post., they are assisted by the Minister of State of Home Affairs and the lower-ranked Deputy Minister of Home Affairs.[1][2]

List of ministers of home affairs

This is a list of former Ministers of Home Affairs since Nepal was declared Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal:

# Name Term of office Prime Minister Minister's Party
1 Bam Dev Gautam 18 August 2008[3] 25 May 2009 280 days Pushpa Kamal Dahal CPN (UML)
2 Bhim Bahadur Rawal 25 May 2009 6 February 2011 1 year, 257 days Madhav Kumar Nepal
3 Krishna Bahadur Mahara 6 February 2011 29 August 2011 204 days Jhala Nath Khanal Maoist Centre
4 Bijay Kumar Gachhadar 4 September 2011 14 March 2013 1 year, 191 days Baburam Bhattarai MJFN (L)
5 Madhav Ghimire 14 March 2013 11 February 2014 334 days Khil Raj Regmi Independent
6 Bam Dev Gautam 25 February 2014 12 October 2015 1 year, 229 days Sushil Koirala CPN (UML)
7 Shakti Bahadur Basnet 19 October 2015[4] 4 August 2016 290 days KP Sharma Oli Maoist Centre
8 Bimalendra Nidhi 4 August 2016[5] 7 June 2017 307 days Pushpa Kamal Dahal Nepali Congress
9 Janardan Sharma 7 June 2017[6] 17 October 2017 132 days Sher Bahadur Deuba Maoist Centre
10 Ram Bahadur Thapa 26 February 2018[a] 20 May 2021 3 years, 83 days KP Sharma Oli Maoist Centre
11 Khagaraj Adhikari 10 June 2021 22 June 2021 12 days CPN (UML)
12 Bishnu Prasad Paudel 24 June 2021 13 July 2021 19 days
13 Bal Krishna Khand 13 July 2021 26 December 2022 1 year, 166 days Sher Bahadur Deuba Nepali Congress
14 Rabi Lamichhane 26 December 2022 27 January 2023[7] 32 days Pushpa Kamal Dahal RSP
15 Narayan Kaji Shrestha 31 March 2023 4 March 2024 339 days Maoist Centre
16 Rabi Lamichhane 6 March 2024 15 July 2024 131 days RSP
17 Ramesh Lekhak 15 July 2024 Incumbent 159 days KP Sharma Oli Nepali Congress

Explanatory Note

  1. ^ Became member of NCP after merger of CPN(UML) and CPN(MC) on 17 May 2018

References

  1. ^ "गृह मन्त्रालय". moha.gov.np (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  2. ^ "Council of Ministers | Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers". Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  3. ^ "Meet the new cabinet of ministers". Nepali Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Nepal's Prime Minister KP Oli Expands Cabinet, Inducts 9 New Ministers". NDTV. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  5. ^ "13 new ministers take oath from President". The Himalayan Times. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Sher Bahadur Deuba sworn-in as Nepal's 40th prime minister". Xinhua. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  7. ^ "रवि लामिछानेको सांसद पद खारेज". OnlineKhabar. Retrieved 27 January 2023.