Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
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Formed1950
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HeadquartersSingha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal
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The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (Nepali: कानून, न्याय तथा संसदीय मामिला मन्त्रालय) is a governmental body of Nepal dealing with the management of the judicial administration, legal affairs and legislative activities.[1]

History

The Department of Law (कानून विभाग) was established in 1950 before being developed into a ministry in 1956. Two years later, the ministry's portfolio was adjusted for the first time, making it the Ministry of Government and Law (कानून तथा संसदीय प्रबन्ध मन्त्रालय). In 1961, it was again renamed to the Ministry of Law and Justice (कानून तथा न्याय मन्त्रालय). The term Parliamentary Affairs was added and dropped several times throughout the history of the ministry.[2]

Ministers of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (Former and Current)

Ministers of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs

Some individuals were known as the Minister of Law, Power and Irrigation, Minister of Home and Law, Minister of State for Law and Justice or the Minister of Agriculture, Law and Justice.

Name Assumed office Left office
Suryanath Das Yadav[3] 1953 1954
Bhadrakali Mishra[3] 1954 1955
Ananda Shamsher[3] 1955 1956
Aniruddha Prasad Singh[3] 1956 1957
Damar Bahadur Singh[3] 1957 1958
Ranadhir Subba[3] 1958 1959
Surya Prasad Upadhyaya[4] 1959 1960
Aniruddha Prasad Singh[3][5] 1960 1962
Surya Bahadur Thapa[3] 1963 1964
Bhuwan Lai Pradham[6] 1965 1966
Surendra Bahadur Basnyat[7] 1967 1968
Basudev Prasad Dhungana[8][9][10] 1968 1970
Shambhu Prasad Gewali[11][12] 1971 1972
Rabindra Nath Sharma[13] 1973 1974
Hom Bahadur Shrestha[14] 1974 1978
S.J.B. Rana Damador 1979 1979
Marich Man Singh[15] 1980 1980
Nain Bahadar Swanr[16] 1980 1981
Teodato Hunguana[17] 1982 1983
Bakhan Singh Gurung[18] 1983 1984
Radhye Shyam Kamaro[19] 1984 1986
Hari Narayan Rajauriya[20][21][22] 1987 1988
Badri Prasad Mandal[23][24] 1989 1990
Nilamber Acharya[25] 1990 1990
Tara Bhat[26][27] 1990 1991
Maheshwar Prasad Singh[28][29][30] 1992 1994
Subash Chandra Nemwang[31] 1995 1996
Bhim Bahadur Tamang[32] 1996 1997
Surya Bahadur Thapa 1997 1998
Siddhi Raj Ojha[33] 1998 1999
Taranath Ranabhat[34][35][36] 1999 1999
Mahanth Thakur[37] 2000 2002
Hari Bahadur Basnet 2003 2004
Dharma Bahapur Thapa[38] 2004 2006
Narendra Bikram Nembang[39][40] 2006 2008
Dev Gurung[41] 2008 2009
Prem Bahadur Singh[42] 2009 2010
Krishna Bahadur Mahara[43] 2011 2011
Prabhu Shah 2011 2011
Hridayesh Tripathi 2011 2013
Hari Prasad Neupane 2013 2014

Ministers of Law, Justice, Constituent Assembly and Parliamentary Affairs (since 2013)

Name Party Assumed office Left office
1 Narahari Acharya[44] Nepali Congress 25 February 2014 c. 12 October 2015[citation needed]
2 Agni Kharel[45] Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 12 October 2015 14 August 2016
3 Ajaya Shankar Nayak[46] Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) 14 August 2016 31 May 2017
4 Yagya Bahadur Thapa[47] Nepali Congress 26 July 2017 15 February 2018
5 Sher Bahadur Tamang[48] Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 16 March 2018 17 May 2018
Nepal Communist Party 17 May 2018 24 July 2018[49]
6 Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal[50] 3 August 2018 20 November 2019
7 Upendra Yadav[51] Samajbadi Party, Nepal 25 November 2019 24 December 2019[52]
8 Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal[53] Nepal Communist Party 10 January 2020 17 February 2020
9 Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe[54] 17 February 2020 25 December 2020
10 Lila Nath Shrestha 25 December 2020 8 March 2021
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 8 March 2021 12 July 2021
11 Gyanendra Bahadur Karki Nepali Congress 13 July 2021 8 October 2021
12 Dilendra Prasad Badu 8 October 2021 7 April 2022
13 Gobinda Prasad Sharma (Koirala) Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) 7 April 2022 9 October 2022
14 Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan Rastriya Prajatantra Party 17 January 2023 25 February 2023
15 Dhanraj Gurung Nepali Congress 3 May 2023 Incumbent


See also

References

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