Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration

{{Short description|Head of the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration}}

{{Infobox official post

| post = Minister

| body = Federal Affairs and General Administration

| native_name = {{small|सङ्घीय मामिला तथा सामान्य प्रशासन मन्त्री}}

| insignia = Emblem of Nepal (alternative).svg

| insigniasize = 150px

| insigniacaption = Emblem of Nepal

| flag = Flag of Nepal.svg

| flagsize = 100px

| flagcaption = Flag of Nepal

| image =

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| incumbent = Raj Kumar Gupta

| incumbentsince = 15 July 2024

| department = Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration

| style = Honourable

| member_of = Council of Ministers

| reports_to = Prime Minister, Parliament

| seat = Singha Durbar, Nepal

| nominator = Prime Minister

| appointer = President

| precursor = Minister of Federal Affairs and Local Development
Minister of General Administration

| termlength = No fixed term

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The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (Nepali: सङ्घीय मामिला तथा सामान्य प्रशासन मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration of the Government of Nepal.{{Cite web |title=Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration - Nepal {{!}} Devex |url=https://www.devex.com/organizations/ministry-of-federal-affairs-and-general-administration-nepal-122439#:~:text=Ministry%20of%20Federal%20Affairs%20and%20General%20Administration%20is%20the%20ministry,civil%20service%20in%20the%20country. |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=www.devex.com}} One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister is responsibility for coordination, cooperation, facilitation and monitoring and evaluation of activities undertaken by local governments; regulation and management of the civil service in the country.{{Cite web |title=सङ्घीय मामिला तथा सामान्य प्रशासन मन्त्रालय |url=https://www.mofaga.gov.np/ministry-introduction |access-date=2024-02-17 |website= |language=}}{{Cite web |title=Council of Ministers {{!}} Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers |url=https://www.opmcm.gov.np/en/cabinet/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |language=en-US}}

The current minister is Raj Kumar Gupta, who took office on 15 July 2024.

List of former ministers

{{legend2|{{party color|Nepali Congress}}|Nepali Congress|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}|CPN (Maoist Centre)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|People's Socialist Party, Nepal}}|People's Socialist Party, Nepal|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|People's Progressive Party (Nepal)}}|People's Progressive Party, Nepal|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
width=280px colspan="2"\|# !width=280px \|Name !width=280px colspan="3"\|Took of office !width=280px colspan="2"\|Prime Minister !width=280px \|Minister's Party
1 \|style="background-color: {{party color\|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" \| \|Lal Babu Pandit {{Cite news \|title=गोकर्ण बिष्ट र लालबाबु पण्डित अक्षम भएका हुन् कि प्रधानमन्त्रीको आँखाको तारो \|url=https://www.bbc.com/nepali/news-50501481 \|access-date=2024-02-17 \|work=BBC News नेपाली \|language=ne}}{{Cite web \|last=न्यूज \|first=लोकपाटी \|date=2020-02-26 \|title=मन्त्रीमण्डल हेरफेरको तयारी : को-को आउँदैछन् नयाँ मन्त्री ? \|url=https://lokpati.com/2020/02/66257/ \|access-date=2024-02-17 \|website=Lokpati.com \|language=en-US}} \|16 March 2018 \|20 March 2019 !{{age in days\|16 March 2018\|20 March 2019}} \|rowspan ="6" style="background-color: {{party color\|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" \| \|rowspan ="6" \|KP Sharma Oli \|CPN (UML)
rowspan ="2" \|2 \|style="background-color: {{party color\|People's Progressive Party (Nepal)}}" \| \|rowspan ="2" \|Hridayesh Tripathi {{Cite web \|title=मन्त्रिपरिषद् पुनर्गठन : सात मन्त्री फालिए, आठ जना नियुक्त (सूचीसहित) \|url=https://nayapatrikadaily.com/news-details/29469/2019-11-20 \|access-date=2024-02-17 \|website=Naya Patrika \|language=en}}{{Cite web \|title=नवनियुक्त मन्त्रीहरूले लिए शपथ \|url=https://thahakhabar.com/news/84360/ \|access-date=2024-02-17 \|website=ThahaKhabar \|language=en}} \|rowspan="2" \| 21 November 2019 \|rowspan="2" \|25 December 2020 !rowspan="2" \|{{age in days\|21 November 2019\|25 December 2020}} \|PPP-N
style="background-color: {{party color\|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" \| \|rowspan="4" \|CPN (UML)
3 \|rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color\|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" \| \|Ganesh Singh Thagunna {{Cite web \|date=2021-01-05 \|title=सचिवको भन्दा मन्त्रीको सरुवा बढी, यी हुन् स्थिर सरकारका अस्थिर मन्त्री \|url=https://www.drishtinews.com/archives/47927 \|access-date=2024-02-17 \|website=Drishti News - Nepalese News Portal \|language=en}}{{Cite web \|last=Raut \|first=Kumar \|date=2021-05-14 \|title=ओली ४२औं प्रधामन्त्री : RajdhaniDaily.com \|url=https://rajdhanidaily.com/id/39656/ \|access-date=2024-02-17 \|website=राजधानी राष्ट्रिय दैनिक (लोकप्रिय राष्ट्रिय दैनिक)-RajdhaniDaily.com - Online Nepali News Portal-Latest Nepali Online News portal of Nepali Polities, economics, news, top stories, national, international, politics, sports, business, finance, entertainment, photo-gallery, audio, video and more... \|language=ne-NP}} \|25 December 2020 \|4 June 2021 !{{age in days\|25 December 2020\|4 June 2021}}
4 \|Ganesh Kumar Pahadi {{Cite web \|title=नवनियुक्त सात मन्त्रीसहित एक राज्यमन्त्रीले लिए शपथ \|url=https://nepalwatch.com/2021/06/10/32983 \|access-date=2024-02-17 \|website=NepalWatch \|language=en-US}}{{Cite web \|title=नवनियुक्त मन्त्री र राज्यमन्त्रीले लिए शपथ \|url=https://ekantipur.com/news/2021/06/10/162332509116552915.html?author=1 \|access-date=2024-02-17 \|website=ekantipur.com \|language=ne}} \|10 June 2021 \|22 June 2021 !{{age in days\|10 June 2021\|22 June 2021}}
5 \|Lilanath Shrestha {{Cite news \|title=प्रधानमन्त्री ओलीद्वारा आठ मन्त्री र एक राज्यमन्त्री नियुक्त, मन्त्रिमण्डलमा जिम्मेवारी हेरफेर \|url=https://www.bbc.com/nepali/news-55448001 \|access-date=2024-02-17 \|work=BBC News नेपाली \|language=ne}} \|24 June 2021 \|11 July 2021 !{{age in days\|24 June 2021\|11 July 2021}}
– \|style="background-color: {{party color\|Nepali Congress}}" \| \|Sher Bahadur Deuba {{Cite web \|title=PM Deuba has take the responsibility of 22 ministries \|url=https://kathmandupost.com/ \|access-date=2024-07-15 \|website=kathmandupost.com \|language=English}}{{Cite web \|title=PM Deuba has taken charge of 22 ministries \|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/ \|access-date=2024-07-15 \|website=thehimalayantimes.com}} \|13 July 2021 \|8 October 2021 !{{age in days\|13 July 2021\|8 October 2021}} \|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color\|Nepali Congress}}" \| \|rowspan="2" \|Sher Bahadur Deuba \|Nepali Congress
6 \|style="background-color: {{party color\|People's Socialist Party, Nepal}}" \| \|Rajendra Prasad Shrestha {{Cite web \|title=संघीय मामिला तथा सामान्य प्रशासनमन्त्री राजेन्द्रप्रसाद श्रेष्ठ {{!}} Nagarik News \|url=https://nagariknews.nagariknetwork.com/tag/slug-1662541914-zldq \|access-date=2024-02-17 \|website=nagariknews.nagariknetwork.com \|language=ne}} \|8 October 2021 \|14 October 2022 !{{age in days\|8 October 2021\|14 October 2022}} \|PSP-N
– \|style="background-color: {{party color\|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" \| \|Pushpa Kamal Dahal {{Cite web \|title=Dahal sworn in as prime minister \|url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2022/12/26/dahal-sworn-in-as-prime-minister \|access-date=2024-07-15 \|website=kathmandupost.com \|language=English}}{{Cite web \|last=Times \|first=The Himalayan \|date=2022-12-27 \|title=PM Dahal has taken charge of 19 ministries \|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/ \|access-date=2024-07-15 \|website=The Himalayan Times \|language=en}} \|26 December 2022 \|17 January 2023 !{{age in days\|26 December 2022\|17 January 2023}} \|rowspan="5" style="background-color: {{party color\|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" \| \|rowspan="5" \|Puspha Kamal Dahal \|CPN (Maoist Centre)
7 \|style="background-color: {{party color\|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" \| \|Aman Lal Modi {{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|title=मन्त्रिपरिषद् विस्तार, को को बने मन्त्री? \|url=https://www.himalkhabar.com/news/135105/ \|access-date=2024-02-17 \|website=मन्त्रिपरिषद् विस्तार, को को बने मन्त्री?}}{{Cite web \|title=संघीय मामिला मन्त्रीमा अनिता साह नियुक्त, क्वाटर खालि गराउँदै अमनलाल मोदी \|url=https://palikakhabar.com/politics/2023/08/25842 \|access-date=2024-06-15 \|website=palikakhabar.com \|language=en}} \|17 January 2023 \|14 August 2023 !{{age in days\|17 January 2023\|14 August 2023}} \|CPN (Maoist Centre)
8 \|style="background-color: {{party color\|Janamat Party}}" \| \|Anita Devi Sah {{Cite web \|last= \|date=2020-06-10 \|title=Anita Devi sworn in as Federal Affairs and General Administration Minister \|url=https://en.nepalkhabar.com/news/detail/5626/ \|access-date= \|website=en.nepalkhabar.com \|language=en-gb}} \|14 August 2023 \|4 March 2024 !{{age in days\|14 August 2023\|4 March 2024}} \|Janamat Party
– \|style="background-color: {{party color\|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" \| \|Pushpa Kamal Dahal {{Cite web \|title=मन्त्रिपरिषद् चार सदस्यीय, तर २२ वटै मन्त्रालयका मन्त्री प्रचण्ड \|url=https://www.nepalpress.com/2024/03/04/438114/ \|access-date=2024-07-15 \|website=Nepal Press \|language=en-US}}{{Cite web \|title=merolagani - प्रधानमन्त्री प्रचण्डले २२ वटै मन्त्रालयकाे जिम्मेवारी लिने, चार सदस्यीय मन्त्रीमण्डल बन्याे \|url=https://aichart.merolagani.com/NewsDetail.aspx?newsID=100104 \|access-date=2024-07-15 \|website=aichart.merolagani.com}} \|4 March 2024 \|6 March 2024 !{{age in days\|4 March 2024\|6 March 2024}} \|CPN (MC)
9 \|style="background-color: {{party color\|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)}}" \| \|Bhanu Bhakta Joshi {{Cite web \|title=Newly appointed ministers sworn in \|url=https://english.nepalpress.com/2024/03/06/newly-appointed-ministers-sworn-in/ \|access-date=2024-07-15 \|website=Nepal Press \|language=en-US}}{{Cite web \|title=Prime Minister Dahal expands Cabinet \|url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2024/03/06/prime-minister-dahal-expands-cabinet-1709735791 \|access-date=2024-07-15 \|website=kathmandupost.com \|language=English}} \|6 March 2024 \|15 July 2024 !{{age in days\|6 March 2024\|15 July 2024}} \|CPN (Unified Socialist)
10 \|style="background-color: {{party color\|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" \| \|Raj Kumar Gupta {{Cite web \|last=Republica \|title=Here is the list of Oli-led Cabinet \|url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/157380/ \|access-date=2024-07-15 \|website=My Republica \|language=en}}{{Cite web \|title=Prime Minister Oli forms 22-member Cabinet \|url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2024/07/15/prime-minister-oli-forms-22-member-cabinet \|access-date=2024-07-15 \|website=kathmandupost.com \|language=English}} \|15 July 2024 \|Incumbent !{{age in days\|15 July 2024

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

width=280px colspan="2"|#

!width=280px |Name

!width=280px colspan="3"|Took of office

!width=280px colspan="2"|Prime Minister

!width=280px |Minister's Party

|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" |

|Lal Babu Pandit
{{Cite news |title=गोकर्ण बिष्ट र लालबाबु पण्डित अक्षम भएका हुन् कि प्रधानमन्त्रीको आँखाको तारो |url=https://www.bbc.com/nepali/news-50501481 |access-date=2024-02-17 |work=BBC News नेपाली |language=ne}}{{Cite web |last=न्यूज |first=लोकपाटी |date=2020-02-26 |title=मन्त्रीमण्डल हेरफेरको तयारी : को-को आउँदैछन् नयाँ मन्त्री ? |url=https://lokpati.com/2020/02/66257/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=Lokpati.com |language=en-US}}

|16 March 2018

|20 March 2019

!{{age in days|16 March 2018|20 March 2019}}

|rowspan ="6" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" |

|rowspan ="6" |KP Sharma Oli

|CPN (UML)

rowspan ="2" |2

|style="background-color: {{party color|People's Progressive Party (Nepal)}}" |

|rowspan ="2" |Hridayesh Tripathi
{{Cite web |title=मन्त्रिपरिषद् पुनर्गठन : सात मन्त्री फालिए, आठ जना नियुक्त (सूचीसहित) |url=https://nayapatrikadaily.com/news-details/29469/2019-11-20 |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=Naya Patrika |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=नवनियुक्त मन्त्रीहरूले लिए शपथ |url=https://thahakhabar.com/news/84360/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=ThahaKhabar |language=en}}

|rowspan="2" | 21 November 2019

|rowspan="2" |25 December 2020

!rowspan="2" |{{age in days|21 November 2019|25 December 2020}}

|PPP-N

style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" |

|rowspan="4" |CPN (UML)

|rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" |

|Ganesh Singh Thagunna
{{Cite web |date=2021-01-05 |title=सचिवको भन्दा मन्त्रीको सरुवा बढी, यी हुन् स्थिर सरकारका अस्थिर मन्त्री |url=https://www.drishtinews.com/archives/47927 |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=Drishti News - Nepalese News Portal |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Raut |first=Kumar |date=2021-05-14 |title=ओली ४२औं प्रधामन्त्री : RajdhaniDaily.com |url=https://rajdhanidaily.com/id/39656/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=राजधानी राष्ट्रिय दैनिक (लोकप्रिय राष्ट्रिय दैनिक)-RajdhaniDaily.com - Online Nepali News Portal-Latest Nepali Online News portal of Nepali Polities, economics, news, top stories, national, international, politics, sports, business, finance, entertainment, photo-gallery, audio, video and more... |language=ne-NP}}

|25 December 2020

|4 June 2021

!{{age in days|25 December 2020|4 June 2021}}

|Ganesh Kumar Pahadi
{{Cite web |title=नवनियुक्त सात मन्त्रीसहित एक राज्यमन्त्रीले लिए शपथ |url=https://nepalwatch.com/2021/06/10/32983 |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=NepalWatch |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=नवनियुक्त मन्त्री र राज्यमन्त्रीले लिए शपथ |url=https://ekantipur.com/news/2021/06/10/162332509116552915.html?author=1 |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=ekantipur.com |language=ne}}

|10 June 2021

|22 June 2021

!{{age in days|10 June 2021|22 June 2021}}

|Lilanath Shrestha
{{Cite news |title=प्रधानमन्त्री ओलीद्वारा आठ मन्त्री र एक राज्यमन्त्री नियुक्त, मन्त्रिमण्डलमा जिम्मेवारी हेरफेर |url=https://www.bbc.com/nepali/news-55448001 |access-date=2024-02-17 |work=BBC News नेपाली |language=ne}}

|24 June 2021

|11 July 2021

!{{age in days|24 June 2021|11 July 2021}}

–

|style="background-color: {{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Sher Bahadur Deuba
{{Cite web |title=PM Deuba has take the responsibility of 22 ministries |url=https://kathmandupost.com/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}}{{Cite web |title=PM Deuba has taken charge of 22 ministries |url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=thehimalayantimes.com}}

|13 July 2021

|8 October 2021

!{{age in days|13 July 2021|8 October 2021}}

|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|rowspan="2" |Sher Bahadur Deuba

|Nepali Congress

|style="background-color: {{party color|People's Socialist Party, Nepal}}" |

|Rajendra Prasad Shrestha
{{Cite web |title=संघीय मामिला तथा सामान्य प्रशासनमन्त्री राजेन्द्रप्रसाद श्रेष्ठ {{!}} Nagarik News |url=https://nagariknews.nagariknetwork.com/tag/slug-1662541914-zldq |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=nagariknews.nagariknetwork.com |language=ne}}

|8 October 2021

|14 October 2022

!{{age in days|8 October 2021|14 October 2022}}

|PSP-N

–

|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" |

|Pushpa Kamal Dahal
{{Cite web |title=Dahal sworn in as prime minister |url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2022/12/26/dahal-sworn-in-as-prime-minister |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}}{{Cite web |last=Times |first=The Himalayan |date=2022-12-27 |title=PM Dahal has taken charge of 19 ministries |url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=The Himalayan Times |language=en}}

|26 December 2022

|17 January 2023

!{{age in days|26 December 2022|17 January 2023}}

|rowspan="5" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" |

|rowspan="5" |Puspha Kamal Dahal

|CPN (Maoist Centre)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" |

|Aman Lal Modi
{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=मन्त्रिपरिषद् विस्तार, को को बने मन्त्री? |url=https://www.himalkhabar.com/news/135105/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=मन्त्रिपरिषद् विस्तार, को को बने मन्त्री?}}{{Cite web |title=संघीय मामिला मन्त्रीमा अनिता साह नियुक्त, क्वाटर खालि गराउँदै अमनलाल मोदी |url=https://palikakhabar.com/politics/2023/08/25842 |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=palikakhabar.com |language=en}}

|17 January 2023

|14 August 2023

!{{age in days|17 January 2023|14 August 2023}}

|CPN (Maoist Centre)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Janamat Party}}" |

|Anita Devi Sah
{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-06-10 |title=Anita Devi sworn in as Federal Affairs and General Administration Minister |url=https://en.nepalkhabar.com/news/detail/5626/ |access-date= |website=en.nepalkhabar.com |language=en-gb}}

|14 August 2023

|4 March 2024

!{{age in days|14 August 2023|4 March 2024}}

|Janamat Party

–

|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" |

|Pushpa Kamal Dahal
{{Cite web |title=मन्त्रिपरिषद् चार सदस्यीय, तर २२ वटै मन्त्रालयका मन्त्री प्रचण्ड |url=https://www.nepalpress.com/2024/03/04/438114/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=Nepal Press |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=merolagani - प्रधानमन्त्री प्रचण्डले २२ वटै मन्त्रालयकाे जिम्मेवारी लिने, चार सदस्यीय मन्त्रीमण्डल बन्याे |url=https://aichart.merolagani.com/NewsDetail.aspx?newsID=100104 |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=aichart.merolagani.com}}

|4 March 2024

|6 March 2024

!{{age in days|4 March 2024|6 March 2024}}

|CPN (MC)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)}}" |

|Bhanu Bhakta Joshi
{{Cite web |title=Newly appointed ministers sworn in |url=https://english.nepalpress.com/2024/03/06/newly-appointed-ministers-sworn-in/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=Nepal Press |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Prime Minister Dahal expands Cabinet |url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2024/03/06/prime-minister-dahal-expands-cabinet-1709735791 |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}}

|6 March 2024

|15 July 2024

!{{age in days|6 March 2024|15 July 2024}}

|CPN (Unified Socialist)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" |

|Raj Kumar Gupta
{{Cite web |last=Republica |title=Here is the list of Oli-led Cabinet |url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/157380/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=My Republica |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Prime Minister Oli forms 22-member Cabinet |url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2024/07/15/prime-minister-oli-forms-22-member-cabinet |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}}

|15 July 2024

|Incumbent

!{{age in days|15 July 2024

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|rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |

|rowspan="1" |KP Sharma Oli

|CPN (UML)

References

External links

[https://www.mofaga.gov.np/ministry-introduction Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration of Nepal]

Category:Nepal

Category:Government

Category:Government of Nepal