KATHMANDU, July 15: Newly-appointed Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and 21 newly-appointed ministers took the oath of office and secrecy on Monday.
President Ram Chandra Paudel administered the oath of office and secrecy to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. NC has sent its members to the Oli-led Cabinet under the leadership of Prakash Man Singh, who has been appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister and Urban Development Minister.
The Oli-led cabinet now includes ministers from NC, UML, Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) and Loktantrik Samajbadi Party (LSP). Since the NC and UML have set aside four ministries, other fringe parties in the federal parliament are also expected to join his cabinet.
The ministers have also taken the oath of secrecy and office today.
Here are 22 ministers who took the oath of office and secrecy today:
Prakash Man Singh (NC)- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Urban Development
Bishnu Paudel (UML)- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance
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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
