President Ramchandra Paudel administered the oath of Office and Secrecy to KP Sharma Oli as the Prime Minister of Nepal today.
Vice President Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav, former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Speaker of the House of Representatives Devraj Ghimire, among other dignitaries were present in the swearing-in ceremony in President Office Sheetal Niwash.
President Ramchandra Paudel appointed KP Sharma Oli to the post of Prime Minister on Sunday as per Article 76 (2) of the Constitution of Nepal.
Newly appointed Deputy Ministers Prakash Man Singh from Nepali Congress and Bishnu Prasad Paudel from CPN-UML have been sworn in.
President Ram Chandra Paudel administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly appointed 21 ministers amidst a ceremony at the Office of the President on Monday. The Oli-led cabinet now includes ministers from NC, UML, Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) and Loktantrik Samajbadi Party (LSP).
Along with DPM, Shrestha was appointed as the Urban Development Minister and Paudel was appointed as Finance Minister.
The ministers have also taken the oath of secrecy and office today.
Here are the 21 ministers who took the oath of Secrecy at Shital Niwas today:
Prakash Man Singh (NC)- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Urban Development
Bishnu Paudel (UML)- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance
Manbir Rai (UML)- Minister for Defence
Prithvi Subba Gurung (UML)- Minister for Communications and Information Technology
Bidya Bhattarai (UML)- Minister for Education
Damodar Bhandari (UML)- Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies
Raj Kumar Gupta (UML) – Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration
Balaram Adhikari (UML)- Minister for Land Management and Cooperatives
Devendra Dahal (UML)- Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport
Ramesh Lekhak (NC)- Minister for Home Affairs
Sharat Singh Bhandari (LSP)- Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security
Arzu Rana (NC)- Minister for Foreign Affairs
Pradeep Yadav (JSP)- Minister for Drinking Water
Nawal Kishore Sah Sudi (JSP)- Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens
Teju Lal Chaudary (NC)- Minister for Youth and Sports
Ajay Chaurasiya (NC)- Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Deepak Khadka (NC)- Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
Ain Bahadur Shahi (NC)- Minister for Forest and Environment
Badri Pandey (NC)- Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
Pradip Paudel (NC)- Minister for Health and Population
Ram Nath Adhikari (NC)- Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development
Sweta Singh (Kathmandu)
