Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal

The deputy prime minister of Nepal () is the deputy head of government of Nepal. The deputy prime minister is second in seniority in the Council of Ministers of Nepal. The deputy prime minister is the senior-most member of cabinet after prime minister in the Government of Nepal. The deputy prime minister presides and chairs the cabinet in the absence of prime minister.

List of deputy prime ministers of Nepal

The following individuals have been officially appointed as deputy prime minister of Nepal since the country was declared a republic in 2008:
NameAdditional portfolioPolitical partyAssumed officeLeft officePrime MinisterBam Dev GautamMinister of Home AffairsCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)August 2008May 2009Pushpa Kamal DahalBijay Kumar GachhadarMinister for Physical Planning and WorksMadhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)25 May 20096 February 2011Madhav Kumar Nepal Sujata Koirala Minister of Foreign Affairs Nepali Congress12 October 2009 Krishna Bahadur Mahara Minister of Home Affairs Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) 4 May 201129 August 2011 Jhala Nath Khanal Upendra Yadav Minister of Foreign Affairs Madhesi Jana Adhikar ForumNarayan Kaji ShresthaCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) 4 September 201114 March 2013 Baburam BhattaraiBijay Kumar GachhadarMinister of Home AffairsMadhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)Prakash Man SinghMinister for Local DevelopmentNepali Congress25 February 201412 October 2015Sushil KoiralaBam Dev GautamMinister of Home AffairsCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bijay Kumar GacchadarMinister for Physical Planning and TransportNepal Loktantrik Forum12 October 20154 August 2016KP Sharma OliKamal ThapaMinister for Foreign AffairsRastriya Prajatantra PartyTop Bahadur RayamajhiMinister for EnergyCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)19 October 2015Chandra Prakash MainaliMinister for Women and ChildrenCommunist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (2002)5 November 2015Chitra Bahadur KCMinister for Cooperatives and Poverty AlleviationRastriya JanamorchaBhim Bahadur RawalMinister of DefenceCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)1 August 2016 Bimalendra Nidhi  Minister of Home Affairs Nepali Congress  4 August 2016 31 May 2017Pushpa Kamal DahalKrishna Bahadur MaharaMinister of FinanceCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)Bijay Kumar GacchhadarMinister of Federal Affairs and Local DevelopmentNepal Loktantrik Forum8 May 20177 June 201715 February 2018Sher Bahadur DeubaGopal Man ShresthaMinister of EducationNepali CongressKrishna Bahadur MaharaMinister of Foreign AffairsCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)17 October 2017Kamal Thapa Minister for Energy and Urban DevelopmentRastriya Prajatantra Party 17 October 201714 February 2018Ishwor PokharelMinister of DefenceCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)1 June 20184 June 2021KP Sharma OliUpendra YadavMinister for Health and PopulationSamajbadi Party, Nepal20 November 2019Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs21 November 201924 December 2019Bishnu Prasad PaudelMinister of FinanceCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)4 June 202122 June 2021Raghubir MahasethMinister of Foreign AffairsRajendra MahatoMinistry of Urban DevelopmentPeople's Socialist Party, NepalNarayan Kaji ShresthaMinister of Physical Infrastructure and TransportCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)26 December 2022IncumbentPushpa Kamal DahalBishnu Prasad PaudelMinister of FinanceCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)26 December 202227 February 2023Rabi LamichhaneMinister of Home AffairsRastriya Swatantra Party26 December 202227 January 2023Rajendra Prasad LingdenMinister for Energy, Water Resources and IrrigationRastriya Prajatantra Party17 January 202325 February 2023

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