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The Ministry of Urban Development (Nepali: सहरी विकास मन्त्रालय) is a government ministry of Nepal responsible for the development of urban areas in the country.[1] As of 13 July 2021, the ministry is headed by Prime Minister Sher Bahdur Deuba (Interim).

Organisational structure

The Ministry of Urban Development has several departments and subdivisions to facilitate and implement its work:[2][3]

Departments

Organizations

Former Ministers of Urban Development

See also: Minister of Urban Development

This is a list of former Ministers of Urban Development since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:

Name Party Assumed office Left office
1 Narayan Khadka[4] Nepali Congress 25 February 2014
Ministry out of operation 12 October 2015 4 August 2016
2 Arjun Narasingha K.C.[5] Nepali Congress 26 August 2016 31 May 2017
3 Prabhu Sah[6] Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) 7 June 2017 17 October 2017
4 Dil Nath Giri Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal 17 October 2017 1 January 2018[7]
5 Kamal Thapa[7] Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal 1 January 2018 14 February 2018[8]
6 Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli[9][10] Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) until 17 May 2018
Nepal Communist Party from 17 May 2018		 15 February 2018 31 May 2018
7 Mohammad Estiyak Rai[10] People's Socialist Party, Nepal 1 June 2018 24 December 2019
8 Gokul Prasad Baskota Nepal Communist Party 10 January 2020 20 February 2020
9 Basanta Kumar Nemwang[10] Nepal Communist Party 20 February 2020 14 October 2020
10 Krishna Gopal Shrestha Nepal Communist Party 14 October 2020 25 December 2020
11 Prabhu Sah CPN UML 25 December 2020 20 May 2021
12 Ram Kumari Jhakri CPN (Unified Socialist) 8 October 2021 26 June 2022
13 Metmani Chaudhary CPN (Unified Socialist) 27 June 2022 26 December 2022
14 Bikram Pandey Rastriya Prajatantra Party 17 January 2023 25 February 2023
15 Sita Gurung Nepali Congress 31 March 2023

See also

References

  1. ^ "Introduction" (in Nepali). Ministry of Urban Development. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Department". Ministry of Urban Development. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Organizations". Ministry of Urban Development. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Meet the new cabinet of ministers". Nepali Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  5. ^ "13 new ministers take oath from President". The Himalayan Times. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Prabhu Sah appointed urban development minister". The Himalayan Times. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  7. ^ a b "PM sacks Urban Development Minister Giri". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Thapa given formal farewell from ministries of energy, urban development". República. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Council of Ministers". Government of Nepal. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  10. ^ a b c "Yadav appointed as Minister for Health, Raya as Minister for Urban Development". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 1 June 2018.


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