Kathmandu,
Feb. 25: Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has administered the oath of office and
secrecy to the newly appointed deputy prime ministers and ministers amidst a
special ceremony in the presence of the President at the latter's Office,
Shitalniwas, on Tuesday.
Initially,
PM Koirala administered the oath of office and secrecy to the Deputy Prime
Ministers duo Bam Dev Gautam and Prakash Man Singh and to the ministers later.
The
swearing-in ceremony was also attended by the Vice-President, Chairman of the
Constituent Assembly, chiefs of the constitutional bodies and diplomatic
missions, and leaders of different political parties.
The
names of the ministers and portfolio are given in the following table:
|
SN
|
Name
|
Post
|
Ministry
|
|
1.
|
Sushil
Koirala
|
Prime
Minister
|
Women,
Children and social Welfare; Defense; Commerce and Supply; Science,
Technology and Environment; Peace and Reconstruction; and Cooperatives and
Poverty Alleviation
|
|
2.
|
Bamdev
Gautam
|
Deputy
Prime Minister
|
Home
Ministry
|
|
3.
|
Prakash
Man Singh
|
Deputy
Prime Minister
|
Ministry
of Federal Affairs and Local Development
|
|
4.
|
Dr
Ram Sharan Mahat
|
Minister
|
Finance
|
|
5.
|
Bimalendra
Nidhi
|
Minister
|
Physical
Planning and Works
|
|
6.
|
Narhari
Acharya
|
Minister
|
Law,
Justice, Constituent Assembly and Parliamentary Affairs
|
|
8.
|
Mahesh
Acharya
|
Minister
|
Forest
and Soil Conservation
|
|
8
|
Chitra
Lekha Yadav
|
Minister
|
Education
|
|
9.
|
Dr
Minedra Rijal
|
Minister
|
Information
and Communications
|
|
10.
|
Radha
Kumari Gyawali
|
Minister
|
Energy
|
|
11.
|
Narayan
Prakash Saud
|
Minister
|
Irrigation
|
|
12.
|
Dr
Narayan Khadka
|
Minister
|
Urban
Development
|
|
13.
|
Mahendra
Kumar Pande
|
Minister
|
Foreign
Affairs
|
|
14.
|
Khagaraj
Adhikari
|
Minister
|
Health
and Population
|
|
15.
|
Bhim
Prasad Acharya
|
Minister
|
Culture,
Tourism and Civil Aviation
|
|
16.
|
Lal
Babu Pandit
|
Minister
|
General
Administration
|
|
17.
|
Dal
Bahadur Rana
|
Minister
|
Land
Reform and Management
|
|
18.
|
Karna
Bahadur Thapa
|
Minister
|
Industry
|
|
20.
|
Hari
Prasad Parajuli
|
Minister
|
Agriculture
|
|
20.
|
Purushottam
Poudel
|
Minister
|
Youth
and Sports
|
|
21.
|
Tek
Bahadur Gurung
|
Minister
of State
|
Labour
and Employment
|
Meanwhile, PM Koirala
administered the oath of office and secrecy to newly appointed Minister of
State for Labour and Employment, Tek Bahadur Gurung at a function in the Singha
Darbar.
Present on the occasion were
Deputy Prime Ministers, Ministers, Chief Secretary and senior officials of the
government.
The Cabinet meeting is taking
place soon after the swearing-in ceremony. The ministers would assume the
office there after. RSS
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