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The Chief Secretary (Nepali: मुख्य सचिव) is the chief administrative officer and senior–most civil servant of the Government of Nepal. The chief secretary is the head of the Cabinet Secretariat and is the secretary of the cabinet and the constitutional council.[1] The Cabinet Secretary enforces cabinet discipline and coordinates between ministries. The current Chief Secretary of Nepal is Dr. Baikuntha Aryal. [2]

List of Chief Secretaries

List of Chief Secretaries[3]
Name From To
Chandra Bahadur Thapa 14 October 1955 28 June 1959
Kul Shekhar Sharma 11 April 1966 7 January 1969
Krishna Bam Malla 8 January 1969 9 January 1972
Chhetra Bikram Rana 10 January 1972 10 August 1973
Pradyumna Lal Rajbhandari 11 August 1973 10 August 1977
Krishna Bahadur Manandhar 11 August 1977 10 August 1981
Bhogendra Nath Rimal 11 August 1981 10 August 1985
Karna Bhoj Adhikari 11 August 1985 10 August 1989
Lok Bahadur Shrestha 11 August 1989 1 February 1991
Damodar Prasad Gautam 3 February 1991 5 November 1992
Madhusudan Prasad Gorkhali 6 November 1992 9 November 1994
Dr. Ishwar Prasad Upadhyaya 13 November 1994 11 December 1996
Balram Singh Malla 12 December 1996 14 August 1999
Tirtha Man Shakya 15 August 1999 14 March 2002
Keshav Raj Rajbhandari 3 April 2002 19 September 2002
Bimal Koirala 21 September 2002 31 August 2005
Lokman Singh Karki 19 September 2005 11 May 2006
Mukunda Sharma Paudel 4 June 2006 3 August 2006
Dr. Bhoj Raj Ghimire 4 August 2006 5 August 2009
Madhav Prasad Ghimire 6 August 2009 5 August 2012
Leela Mani Paudyal 6 August 2012 6 August 2015
Dr. Som Lal Subedi 7 August 2015 12 July 2017
Rajendra Kishor Chhetri 13 July 2017 24 October 2017
Lok Darshan Regmi 25 October 2017 1 October 2020
Shanker Das Bairagi 1 October 2020[4] 15 June, 2023
Dr. Baikuntha Aryal 15 June 2023 Incumbent

See also

References

  1. ^ "Constitute". www.constituteproject.org. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  2. ^ "ऐन तथा नियम | Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers". www.opmcm.gov.np. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  3. ^ "नेपाल सरकारका पूर्व मुख्यसचिवहरु | Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers". www.opmcm.gov.np. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  4. ^ "Chief Secretary | Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers". www.opmcm.gov.np. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
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