# First Dahal cabinet

The first Dahal cabinet was formed on 18 August 2008 following the 2008 Constituent Assembly election. CPN (Maoist) leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal was appointed as prime minister and his coalition government was supported by CPN (UML), Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Sadbhavana Party, Janamorcha Nepal and CPN (United). The cabin was expanded with the inclusion of two ministers on 25 March 2009.
After unsuccessfully trying to remove Chief of the Nepalese Army Rookmangud Katawal, Dahal lost support of his biggest coalition partner CPN (UML) and resigned on 4 May 2009. He was replaced by Madhav Kumar Nepal on 25 May 2009.

## Cabinet

| S.N. | Portfolio | Minister | Party | Assumed office | Left office |
| Cabinet ministers |||||||
| 1 | Prime Minister | Pushpa Kamal Dahal | CPN (Maoist) | 18 August 2008 | 25 May 2008 |
| 1 | Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare | Pushpa Kamal Dahal | CPN (Maoist) | 18 August 2008 | 25 March 2009 |
| 2 | Deputy Prime Minister | Bam Dev Gautam | CPN (UML) | 18 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 |
| 2 | Minister for Home Affairs | Bam Dev Gautam | CPN (UML) | 18 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 |
| 3 | Minister for Finance | Baburam Bhattarai | CPN (Maoist) | 22 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 |
| 4 | Minister for Foreign Affairs | Upendra Yadav | MJF-N | 22 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 |
| 5 | Minister for Defence | Ram Bahadur Thapa | CPN (Maoist) | 22 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 |
| 6 | Minister for Physical Planning and Works | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | MJF-N | 22 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 |
| 7 | Minister for Water Resources | Bishnu Prasad Paudel | CPN (UML) | 18 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 |
| 8 | Minister for Information and Communication | Krishna Bahadur Mahara | CPN (Maoist) | 22 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 |
| 9 | Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives | Jay Prakash Gupta | MJF-N | 22 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 |
| 10 | Minister for Industry | Astalaxmi Shakya | CPN (UML) | 18 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 |
| 11 | Minister for Law, Justice and Constituent Assembly | Dev Gurung | CPN (Maoist) | 22 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 |
| 12 | Minister for Commerce and Supplies | Rajendra Mahato | Sadbhavana | 18 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 |
| 13 | Minister of Land Reform and Management | Matrika Yadav | CPN (Maoist) | 31 August 2008 | 25 March 2009 |
| 13 | Minister of Land Reform and Management | Mahendra Paswan | CPN (Maoist) | 25 March 2009 | 25 May 2009 |
| 14 | Minister for Minister of Youth and Sports | Gopal Shakya | CPN (UML) | 18 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 |
| 15 | Minister for General Administration | Pampha Bhusal | CPN (Maoist) | 31 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 |
| 16 | Minister for Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation | Hisila Yami | CPN (Maoist) | 31 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 |
| 17 | Minister for Minister for Health and Population | Giriraj Mani Pokharel | Janamorcha | 22 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 |
| 18 | Minister for Education | Renu Kumari Yadav | MJF-N | 22 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 |
| 19 | Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation | Kiran Gurung | CPN (UML) | 31 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 |
| 20 | Minister for Peace and Reconstruction | Janardhan Sharma | CPN (Maoist) | 31 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 |
| 21 | Minister for Culture and State Restructuring | Gopal Kirati | CPN (Maoist) | 31 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 |
| 22 | Minister for Local Development | Ram Chandra Jha | CPN (UML) | 31 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 |
| 23 | Minister for Labour and Transport | Lekh Raj Bhatta | CPN (Maoist) | 31 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 |
| 24 | Minister for Science and Technology | Ganesh Shah | CPN (United) | 31 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 |
| 25 | Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare | Ramcharan Chaudhari (Tharu) | CPN (Maoist) | 25 March 2009 | 25 May 2009 |