Home Minister Gurung ranks third in Balen-led Cabinet; Full ministerial line-up revealed

KATHMANDU, March 27: A new government was formed under senior Rastriya Swatantra Party parliamentary leader Balendra Shah (Balen) on Friday. In the 15-member cabinet, Minister for Finance Dr Swarnim Wagle holds the second rank, while Minister for Home Affairs Sudan Gurung ranks third. 

Cabinet by rank:

1. 
   

   Balen – Prime Minister

   
   


2. 
   

   Dr Swarnim Wagle – Minister for Finance

   
   


3. 
   

   Sudan Gurung – Minister for Home Affairs

   
   
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4. 
   

   Shisir Khanal – Minister for Foreign Affairs

   
   


5. 
   

   Sunil Lamsal – Minister for Physical Infrastructure, Transport, and Urban Development

   
   


6. 
   

   Biraj Bhakta Shrestha – Minister for Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation

   
   


7. 
   

   Khadka Raj (Ganesh) Paudel – Minister for Tourism, Culture, and Civil Aviation

   
   


8. 
   

   Sasmit Pokharel – Minister for Education, Science, and Technology, and Youth and Sports

   
   


9. 
   

   Nisha Mehata – Minister for Health and Population

   
   


10. 
    

    Bikram Timilsina – Minister for Communications and Information Technology

    
    


11. 
    

    Pratibha Rawal – Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration, and Land, Management, Cooperatives, and Poverty Alleviation

    
    


12. 
    

    Dipak Sah – Minister for Labor, Employment, and Social Security

    
    


13. 
    

    Sobita Gautam – Minister for Law

    
    


14. 
    

    Gita Chaudhary – Minister for Agriculture, Livestock Development, and Forest and Environment

    
    


15. 
    

    Sita Badi – Minister for Women and Children, and Water Supply