# Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation

The Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (Nepali: संस्कृति, पर्यटन तथा नागरिक उड्डयन मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation of the Government of Nepal. One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister is responsibility for promoting tourism, culture and private sector involvement in Nepal. The Minister is assisted by the Minister of State for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and the junior Deputy Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.
The current minister is Badri Pandey who took office on 15 July 2024.

## List of ministers of culture, tourism and civil aviation

This is a list of former Ministers of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2008:
| Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Took office | Left Office | Party | Government | Prime Minister |
| Hisila Yami (born 1959) MCA for Kathmandu 7 | August 18, 2008 | May 25, 2009 | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | Dahal I | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Sharat Singh Bhandari (born 1954) MCA for Mahottari 6 | May 25, 2009 | February 6, 2011 | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Nepal | Madhav Kumar Nepal |
| Khadga Bahadur Bishwakarma (born 1968) MCA for Kalikot 1 | May 4, 2011 | August 29, 2011 | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Khanal | Jhala Nath Khanal |
| Ram Kumar Shrestha | March 18, 2013 | February 11, 2014 | Independent | Regmi | Khil Raj Regmi |
| Bhim Acharya (born 1959) MCA for Sunsari 6 | February 25, 2014 | September 13, 2014 | Nepali Congress | Koirala | Sushil Koirala |
| Deepak Chandra Amatya | September 14, 2014 | May 22, 2015 | Nepali Congress | Koirala | Sushil Koirala |
| Kripasur Sherpa | May 23, 2015 | October 12, 2015 | Nepali Congress | Koirala | Sushil Koirala |
| Ananda Pokharel | November 5, 2015 | August 4, 2016 | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Oli I | KP Sharma Oli |
| Jeevan Bahadur Shahi (born 1965) MCA for Humla 1 | August 26, 2016 | May 8, 2017 | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | Dahal II | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Jitendra Narayan Dev | May 8, 2017 | May 31, 2017 | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | Dahal II | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Jitendra Narayan Dev | July 26, 2017 | February 15, 2018 | Nepali Congress | Deuba IV | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Rabindra Prasad Adhikari (1969–2019) Kaski 2 | March 16, 2018 | February 27, 2019 | Nepal Communist Party | Oli II | KP Sharma Oli |
| KP Sharma Oli (born 1952) MP for Jhapa 5 | March 1, 2019 | July 30, 2019 | Nepal Communist Party | Oli II | KP Sharma Oli |
| Yogesh Bhattarai (born 1966) MP for Taplejung 1 | July 31, 2019 | December 20, 2020 | Nepal Communist Party | Oli II | KP Sharma Oli |
| Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal (born 1962) MP for Morang 3 | December 25, 2020 | June 4, 2021 | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Oli II | KP Sharma Oli |
| Uma Shankar Aragriya (born 1977) MP for Dhanusha 2 | June 4, 2021 | June 22, 2021 | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Oli II | KP Sharma Oli |
| Lila Nath Shrestha (born 1962) MP for Siraha 3 | June 24, 2021 | July 12, 2021 | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Oli II | KP Sharma Oli |
| Prem Ale (born 1970) MP for Doti 1 | October 8, 2021 | June 28, 2022 | Nepali Congress | Deuba V | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Jeevan Ram Shrestha (born 1965) MP for Kathmandu 8 | June 30, 2022 | December 26, 2022 | Nepali Congress | Deuba V | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Sudan Kirati (born 1979) MP for Bhojpur 1 | January 17, 2023 | March 4, 2024 | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | Dahal III | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Hit Bahadur Tamang (born 1963) MP for Nuwakot 1 | March 4, 2024 | 15 July 2024 | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | Dahal III | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |