Minister for Internal Affairs and Law (Koshi Province)

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The Minister for Internal Affairs and Law (or simply, the Internal Minister, (Nepali: आन्तरिक मामिला तथा कानून मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law of the Government of Koshi Province. One of the senior-most officers in the Provincial Cabinet, the minister is responsible for maintain peace and state security; the state's police force and investigation bureau comes under its jurisdiction. Occasionally, they are assisted by the Minister of State for Internal Affairs and Law.{{Cite web |title=गृहपृष्ठ {{!}} प्रदेश सरकार, आन्तरिक मामिला तथा कानून मन्त्रालय, कोशी प्रदेश, विराटनगर |url=https://moial.koshi.gov.np/ |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=moial.koshi.gov.np}}{{Cite web |title=गृहपृष्ठ {{!}} प्रदेश सरकार, मुख्यमन्त्री तथा मन्त्रिपरिषद्को कार्यालय, कोशी प्रदेश, विराटनगर |url=https://ocmcm.koshi.gov.np/ |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=ocmcm.koshi.gov.np}}

The Incumbent, minister is Shamsher Rai, who took office on October 15, 2023.{{Cite web |title=कोशी प्रदेश सरकारको आधिकारिक पोर्टल |url=https://koshi.gov.np/ |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=koshi.gov.np}}{{Cite web |title=कोसीको मुख्यमन्त्रीमा हिक्मत कार्की नियुक्त हुँदै, आजै शपथ |url=https://annapurnapost.prixa.net/story/442046/ |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=Annapurna Post |language=Nepali}}

List of office-holders

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Portrait ! Name ! Took office ! Left office ! Term
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style="background-color:#EAECF0;" \|2 \|{{CSS image crop \|Image = \|bSize = 90 \|cWidth = 90 \|cHight = 90 \|oTop = 0 \|oLeft = 0 }} \|align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \|Bhim Acharya \|August 26, 2021 \|November 1, 2021 \|{{age in years and days\|August 26, 2021\|November 1, 2021}} \|Sunsari \|himself \|{{Cite web\|title=Bhim Acharya replaces Sherdhan Rai as Province 1 chief minister\|url=http://kathmandupost.com/province-no-1/2021/08/26/bhim-acharya-replaces-sherdhan-rai-as-province-1-chief-minister\|access-date=2023-09-14\|website=kathmandupost.com\|language=English}}{{Cite web\|title=Bhim Acharya gets appointed as Chief Minister of Province 1\|url=https://koshionline.com/newsdetails/4986\|access-date=2023-09-14\|website=Koshi Online\|language=en}}
style="background-color:#EAECF0;" \|3 \|{{CSS image crop \|Image = \|bSize = 90 \|cWidth = 90 \|cHight = 90 \|oTop = \|oLeft = 0 }} \|align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \|Kedar Karki \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Nepali Congress }}" \| \|Nepali Congress \|November 2, 2021 \|January 9, 2023 \|{{age in years and days\|November 2, 2021\|January 9, 2023}} \|Morang \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)}}" \| \|Rajendra Kumar Rai \|{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|title=मुख्यमन्त्रीसहित ६ जना मन्त्रीले लिए सपथ\|url=https://nagariknews.nagariknetwork.com/amp/politics/658751-1635853672.html\|access-date=2023-09-14\|website=nagariknews.nagariknetwork.com\|language=en}}{{Cite web\|last=\|date=\|title=Chief Minister Rai takes oath of office\|url=https://english.kathmandupati.com/politics/11021/\|access-date=2023-09-14\|website=KathmanduPati\|language=en-US}}
style="background-color:#EAECF0;" \|(1) \|{{CSS image crop \|Image = \|bSize = 90 \|cWidth = 90 \|cHight = 90 \|oTop = 0 \|oLeft = 0 }} \|align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \|Hikmat Kumar Karki \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" \| \|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) \|January 9, 2023 \|July 7, 2023 \|{{age in years and days\|January 9, 2023\|July 7, 2023}} \|Jhapa \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" \| \|himself \|{{Cite web\|title=Hikmat Kumar Karki appointed as Province 1 CM\|url=https://risingnepaldaily.com/news/21153\|access-date=2023-09-14\|website=GorakhaPatra}}{{Cite web\|last=minister\|first=\|title=UML's Hikmat Karki appointed Province 1 chief minister\|url=https://en.setopati.com/political/160224/\|access-date=2023-09-14\|website=UML's Hikmat Karki appointed Province 1 chief minister}}
rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EAECF0;" \|4 \|rowspan="2" \|{{CSS image crop \|Image = \|bSize = 90 \|cWidth = 90 \|cHight = 90 \|oTop = 0 \|oLeft = 0 }} \|rowspan="2" \|Uddhav Thapa \|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color\|Nepali Congress }}" \| \|rowspan="2" \|Nepali Congress \|July 7, 2023 \|August 2, 2023 \|{{age in years and days\|July 7, 2023\|August 2, 2023}} \|rowspan="2" \|Jhapa \|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color\|Nepali Congress }}" \| \|rowspan="2" \|himself \|{{Cite web\|title=Uddhav Thapa appointed Koshi chief minister\|url=http://kathmandupost.com/province-no-1/2023/07/06/uddhav-thapa-stakes-claim-for-koshi-chief-minister\|access-date=2023-09-14\|website=kathmandupost.com\|language=English}}{{Cite web\|last=\|title=NC PP leader Uddhav Thapa appointed Chief Minister of Koshi province\|url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/142701/\|access-date=2023-09-14\|website=My Republica\|language=en}}
August 2, 2023 \|September 8, 2023 \|{{age in years and days\|August 2, 2023\|September 8, 2023}} \|{{Cite web\|last=again\|first=\|title=Uddhav Thapa appointed Koshi chief minister again\|url=https://en.setopati.com/political/161487/\|access-date=2023-09-14\|website=Uddhav Thapa appointed Koshi chief minister again}}{{Cite web\|title=Thapa becomes Koshi chief minister twice within month\|url=http://kathmandupost.com/politics/2023/08/01/thapa-becomes-koshi-chief-minister-twice-within-a-month\|access-date=2023-09-14\|website=kathmandupost.com\|language=English}}
style="background-color:#EAECF0;" \|(1) \|{{CSS image crop \|Image = \|bSize = 90 \|cWidth = 90 \|cHight = 90 \|oTop = 0 \|oLeft = 0 }} \|align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \|Hikmat Kumar Karki \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" \| \|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) \|September 8, 2023 \|September 25, 2023 \|{{age in years and days\|8 September 2023\|25 September 2023}} \|Jhapa \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" \| \|himself \|{{Cite web \|title=CPN UML’s Hikmat Kumar Karki appointed Koshi Province Chief Minister \|url=https://onlineradionepal.gov.np/en/2023/09/08/363053.html \|access-date=2023-09-26 \|website=Radio Nepal \|language=en-US}}{{Cite web \|title=Hikmat Karki appointed Koshi chief minister for a second time \|url=https://www.hamropatro.com/news/details/4213808686323619?ns= \|access-date=2023-09-26 \|website=www.hamropatro.com}}
style="background-color:#EAECF0;" \|5 \|{{CSS image crop \|Image = \|bSize = 90 \|cWidth = 90 \|cHight = 90 \|oTop = 0 \|oLeft = 0 }} \|align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \|Lila Ballav Adhikari \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" \| \|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) \|September 25, 2023 \|October 15, 2023 \|{{age in years and days\|25 September 2023\|15 October 2023}} \|Morang \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" \| \|Hikmat Kumar Karki \|{{Cite web \|title=Koshi Chief Minister Karki expands Cabinet \|url=http://kathmandupost.com/province-no-1/2023/09/25/koshi-chief-minister-karki-expands-cabinet \|access-date=2023-12-03 \|website=kathmandupost.com \|language=English}}{{Cite web \|title=Karki’s Cabinet Grows: New Appointments in Koshi \|url=https://english.pardafas.com/karkis-cabinet-grows-new-appointments-in-koshi/ \|access-date=2023-12-03 \|website=epardafas.com \|language=en-US}}
style="background-color:#EAECF0;" \|6 \|{{CSS image crop \|Image = \|bSize = 90 \|cWidth = 90 \|cHight = 90 \|oTop = \|oLeft = 0 }} \|align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" \|Shamsher Rai \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Nepali Congress }}" \| \|Nepali Congress \|15 October, 2023 \| \|{{age in years and days\|15 October 2023

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|February 15, 2018

|August 26, 2021

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|Jhapa

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|Sher Dhan Rai

|{{Cite web|title=यस्ता छन् प्रदेश १ का मुख्यमन्त्री शेरधनका सारथीहरु|url=https://khabarpurwanchal.com/2018/02/15/15172/|access-date=2023-06-05|website=Khabar Purwanchal|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Sureis|date=2018-02-16|title=Rai sworn in as Province 1 chief minister|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/sherdahn-rai-sworn-province-1-chief-minister|access-date=2023-06-05|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en}}

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|align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |Bhim Acharya

|August 26, 2021

|November 1, 2021

|{{age in years and days|August 26, 2021|November 1, 2021}}

|Sunsari

|himself

|{{Cite web|title=Bhim Acharya replaces Sherdhan Rai as Province 1 chief minister|url=http://kathmandupost.com/province-no-1/2021/08/26/bhim-acharya-replaces-sherdhan-rai-as-province-1-chief-minister|access-date=2023-09-14|website=kathmandupost.com|language=English}}{{Cite web|title=Bhim Acharya gets appointed as Chief Minister of Province 1|url=https://koshionline.com/newsdetails/4986|access-date=2023-09-14|website=Koshi Online|language=en}}

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|align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |Kedar Karki

|bgcolor="{{party color|Nepali Congress }}" |

|Nepali Congress

|November 2, 2021

|January 9, 2023

|{{age in years and days|November 2, 2021|January 9, 2023}}

|Morang

|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)}}" |

|Rajendra Kumar Rai

|{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=मुख्यमन्त्रीसहित ६ जना मन्त्रीले लिए सपथ|url=https://nagariknews.nagariknetwork.com/amp/politics/658751-1635853672.html|access-date=2023-09-14|website=nagariknews.nagariknetwork.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=|date=|title=Chief Minister Rai takes oath of office|url=https://english.kathmandupati.com/politics/11021/|access-date=2023-09-14|website=KathmanduPati|language=en-US}}

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|align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |Hikmat Kumar Karki

|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" |

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|January 9, 2023

|July 7, 2023

|{{age in years and days|January 9, 2023|July 7, 2023}}

|Jhapa

|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" |

|himself

|{{Cite web|title=Hikmat Kumar Karki appointed as Province 1 CM|url=https://risingnepaldaily.com/news/21153|access-date=2023-09-14|website=GorakhaPatra}}{{Cite web|last=minister|first=|title=UML's Hikmat Karki appointed Province 1 chief minister|url=https://en.setopati.com/political/160224/|access-date=2023-09-14|website=UML's Hikmat Karki appointed Province 1 chief minister}}

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|rowspan="2" |Uddhav Thapa

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|rowspan="2" |Nepali Congress

|July 7, 2023

|August 2, 2023

|{{age in years and days|July 7, 2023|August 2, 2023}}

|rowspan="2" |Jhapa

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|rowspan="2" |himself

|{{Cite web|title=Uddhav Thapa appointed Koshi chief minister|url=http://kathmandupost.com/province-no-1/2023/07/06/uddhav-thapa-stakes-claim-for-koshi-chief-minister|access-date=2023-09-14|website=kathmandupost.com|language=English}}{{Cite web|last=|title=NC PP leader Uddhav Thapa appointed Chief Minister of Koshi province|url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/142701/|access-date=2023-09-14|website=My Republica|language=en}}

August 2, 2023

|September 8, 2023

|{{age in years and days|August 2, 2023|September 8, 2023}}

|{{Cite web|last=again|first=|title=Uddhav Thapa appointed Koshi chief minister again|url=https://en.setopati.com/political/161487/|access-date=2023-09-14|website=Uddhav Thapa appointed Koshi chief minister again}}{{Cite web|title=Thapa becomes Koshi chief minister twice within month|url=http://kathmandupost.com/politics/2023/08/01/thapa-becomes-koshi-chief-minister-twice-within-a-month|access-date=2023-09-14|website=kathmandupost.com|language=English}}

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|align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |Hikmat Kumar Karki

|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" |

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|September 8, 2023

|September 25, 2023

|{{age in years and days|8 September 2023|25 September 2023}}

|Jhapa

|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" |

|himself

|{{Cite web |title=CPN UML’s Hikmat Kumar Karki appointed Koshi Province Chief Minister |url=https://onlineradionepal.gov.np/en/2023/09/08/363053.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=Radio Nepal |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Hikmat Karki appointed Koshi chief minister for a second time |url=https://www.hamropatro.com/news/details/4213808686323619?ns= |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=www.hamropatro.com}}

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|align="center" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" |Lila Ballav Adhikari

|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" |

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|September 25, 2023

|October 15, 2023

|{{age in years and days|25 September 2023|15 October 2023}}

|Morang

|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" |

|Hikmat Kumar Karki

|{{Cite web |title=Koshi Chief Minister Karki expands Cabinet |url=http://kathmandupost.com/province-no-1/2023/09/25/koshi-chief-minister-karki-expands-cabinet |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}}{{Cite web |title=Karki’s Cabinet Grows: New Appointments in Koshi |url=https://english.pardafas.com/karkis-cabinet-grows-new-appointments-in-koshi/ |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=epardafas.com |language=en-US}}

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|Nepali Congress

|15 October, 2023

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|Ilam

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|Kedar Karki

|{{Cite web |title=Koshi Province Chief Minister Karki expands Cabinet |url=https://english.nepalpress.com/2023/10/15/koshi-province-chief-minister-karki-expands-cabinet/ |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=Nepal Press |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Republica |title=Koshi CM allocates responsibilities to ministers |url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/148788/ |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=My Republica |language=en}}

References

External links

[https://moial.koshi.gov.np/ official Website of Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law of Koshi Province]
[https://www.google.com/search?q=government+of+koshi+province&oq=&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCQgCEEUYOxjCAzIHCAAQRRixATIJCAEQRRg7GMIDMgkIAhBFGDsYwgMyCQgDEEUYOxjCAzIJCAQQRRg7GMIDMgkIBRBFGDsYwgMyCQgGEEUYOxjCAzIJCAcQRRg7GMIDMgkICBBFGDsYwgMyCQgJEEUYOxjCAzIJCAoQRRg7GMIDMgkICxBFGDsYwgMyCQgMEEUYOxjCAzIJCA0QRRg7GMIDMgkIDhBFGDsYwgMyCQgPEEUYOxjCAzIPCBAQABhCGI8BGLQCGOoCMg8IERAAGEIYjwEYtAIY6gIyDwgSEAAYQhiPARi0AhjqAjIPCBMQABhCGI8BGLQCGOoC0gEGLTFqMGo3qAITsAIB&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8 Government of Koshi Province]

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