Minister of Home Affairs (Nepal)

The Minister of Home Affairs (or simply, the Home Minister; ) 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. Occasionally, they are assisted by the Minister of State of Home Affairs and the lower-ranked Deputy Minister of Home Affairs.

 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:
NamePartyAssumed officeLeft officeTenure in days1Bam Dev GautamCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)18 August 200825 May 20092Bhim Bahadur RawalCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)23 May 20096 February 20113Krishna Bahadur MaharaCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)6 February 201129 August 20114Bijay Kumar GachhadarMadhesi Jana Adhikar Forum (Loktantrik)4 September 201114 March 20135Madhav GhimireChief secretary (Independent)14 March 201311 February 20146Bam Dev GautamCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)25 February 201412 October 20157Shakti Bahadur BasnetCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)19 October 20154 August 20168Bimalendra NidhiNepali Congress4 August 20167 June 20179Janardhan SharmaCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)7 June 201717 October 201710Prime Minister Sher Bahadur DeubaNepali Congress17 October 201715 February 201811Ram Bahadur ThapaCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) until 17 May 2018 
Nepal Communist Party from 17 May 201826 February 201820 May 202112Khagaraj AdhikariCPN(UML)10 June 202122 June 202113Bishnu Prasad PaudelCPN(UML)24 June 202113 July 202114Bal Krishna KhandNepali Congress13 July 202126 December 202215Rabi LamichhaneRastriya Swatantra Party26 December 202227 January 202316Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal DahalCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)27 January 202331 March 202317Narayan Kaji ShresthaCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)31 March 2023Incumbent

 Reference 

Other websites
 Official Website of Ministry of Home Affairs

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