Chand–Gautam coalition explained

Incumbent:	March 1997–October 1997
Jurisdiction:	Nepal
Flag:	Flag_of_Nepal.svg
Total Number:	43 appointments
Caption:	Lokendra Bahadur Chand
Government Head Title:	Prime Minister
Government Head:	Lokendra Bahadur Chand
Deputy Government Head:	Bam Dev Gautam
State Head Title:	Monarch
State Head:	King Birendra
Legislature Status:	Majority (coalition) 114 / 205 (56%)
Legislature Term:	1994–1999
Election:	1994
Opposition Leaders:	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Previous:	First Deuba cabinet
Successor:	Fourth Thapa cabinet

The Chand–Gautam coalition was formed on 12 March 1997, after the biggest party in the House of Representatives, CPN (UML) supported Rastriya Prajatantra Party leader Lokendra Bahadur Chand as the prime minister.^[1] The cabinet was expanded on 25 March 1997, 30 June 1997 and 29 August 1997.^{[2] [3] [4]}

After losing a no-confidence motion on 4 October 1997, the cabinet was dissolved two days later when Surya Bahadur Thapa was appointed prime minister.

Cabinet

March–June 1997

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Took office	Left office
Prime Minister of Nepal Minister for Palace Affairs Minister for Defence	Lokendra Bahadur Chand		12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Home Affairs	Bam Dev Gautam		12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Finance	Rabindra Nath Sharma		12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Forests and Environment	Sahana Pradhan		12 March 1997	25 March 1997
Minister for Women and Social Welfare		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Information and Communications	Jhala Nath Khanal		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Local Development	Amrit Kumar Bohara		12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Construction and Transportation	Bharat Mohan Adhikari		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Health	Radha Krishna Mainali		12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Prakash Chandra Lohani		25 March 1997	8 June 1997
Minister for General Administration	Siddhi Lal Singh		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Housing and Physical Infrastructure	Kamal Thapa		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Supplies	Gajendra Narayan Singh		12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Science and Technology		12 March 1997	25 March 1997
Minister for Commerce	Budhhiman Tamang		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Labour	Mukunda Neupane		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs	Ashok Kumar Rai		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Industry	Keshav Prasad Badal		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Youth, Sports and Culture	Bishnu Prasad Paudel		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation	Salim Miya Ansari		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister without portfolio	Bhim Bahadur Kathayat		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Law and Justice	Prem Bahadur Singh		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Education	Devi Prasad Ojha		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Agriculture	Ram Krishna Acharya		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Population and Environment	Bidya Devi Bhandari		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Law and Justice Minister for Women and Social Welfare	Rameshwar Raya Yadav		12 March 1997	25 March 1997
Minister for Forests and Land Conservation		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister without portfolio	Sarbendra Nath Shukla		25 March 1997	29 August 1997
Ministers of State
Minister of State for Information and Communications	Rakam Chemjong		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Health	Bharat Kumar Pradhan		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Agriculture	Prem Bahadur Bhandari		25 March 1997	29 August 1997
Minister of State for Water Supply	Rajiv Parajuli		25 March 1997	29 August 1997
Minister of State for Industry	Tul Bahadur Gurung		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Education	Bhojraj Joshi		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Local Development	Mahesh Chaudhary		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Construction and Transportation	Mahindra Ray Yadav		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Housing and Physical Infrastructure	Khobari Raya Yadav		25 March 1997	6 October 1997

June–August 1997

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Took office	Left office
Prime Minister of Nepal Minister for Palace Affairs Minister for Defence	Lokendra Bahadur Chand		12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Home Affairs	Bam Dev Gautam		12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Finance	Rabindra Nath Sharma		12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Women and Social Welfare	Sahana Pradhan		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Information and Communications	Jhala Nath Khanal		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Local Development	Amrit Kumar Bohara		12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Construction and Transportation	Bharat Mohan Adhikari		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Health	Radha Krishna Mainali		12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for General Administration	Siddhi Lal Singh		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Housing and Physical Infrastructure	Kamal Thapa		25 March 1997	29 August 1997
Minister for Foreign Affairs		8 June 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Supplies	Gajendra Narayan Singh		12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Commerce	Budhhiman Tamang		25 March 1997	29 August 1997
Minister for Land Reform and Management		8 June 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Labour	Mukunda Neupane		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs	Ashok Kumar Rai		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Industry	Keshav Prasad Badal		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Youth, Sports and Culture	Bishnu Prasad Paudel		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation	Salim Miya Ansari		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister without portfolio	Bhim Bahadur Kathayat		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Law and Justice	Prem Bahadur Singh		25 March 1997	27 June 1997
		30 June 1997^[5]	6 October 1997
Minister for Education	Devi Prasad Ojha		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Agriculture	Ram Krishna Acharya		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Population and Environment	Bidya Devi Bhandari		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Law and Justice Minister for Women and Social Welfare	Rameshwar Raya Yadav		12 March 1997	25 March 1997
Minister for Forests and Land Conservation		25 March 1997	27 June 1997
		30 June 1997	6 October 1997
Minister without portfolio	Sarbendra Nath Shukla		25 March 1997	29 August 1997
Ministers of State
Minister of State for Information and Communications	Rakam Chemjong		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Health	Bharat Kumar Pradhan		25 March 1997	27 June 1997
		30 June 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Agriculture	Prem Bahadur Bhandari		25 March 1997	29 August 1997
Minister of State for Water Supply	Rajiv Parajuli		25 March 1997	29 August 1997
Minister of State for Industry	Tul Bahadur Gurung		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Education	Bhojraj Joshi		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Local Development	Mahesh Chaudhary		25 March 1997	27 June 1997
		30 June 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Construction and Transportation	Mahindra Ray Yadav		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Housing and Physical Infrastructure	Khobari Raya Yadav		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Land Reform and Management	Mahendra Raya		8 June 1997	29 August 1997
Minister of State for Commerce	Jyotendra Mohan Chaudhary		8 June 1997	29 August 1997
Minister of State for Science and Technology	Mirza Dilshad Beg		8 June 1997	29 August 1997

August–October 1997

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Took office	Left office
Prime Minister of Nepal Minister for Palace Affairs Minister for Defence	Lokendra Bahadur Chand		12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Home Affairs	Bam Dev Gautam		12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Finance	Rabindra Nath Sharma		12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Women and Social Welfare	Sahana Pradhan		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Information and Communications	Jhala Nath Khanal		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Local Development	Amrit Kumar Bohara		12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Construction and Transportation	Bharat Mohan Adhikari		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Law and Justice		22 September 1997^[6]	6 October 1997
Minister for Health	Radha Krishna Mainali		12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for General Administration	Siddhi Lal Singh		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Housing and Physical Infrastructure	Balaram Gharti Magar		29 August 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Kamal Thapa		8 June 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Supplies	Gajendra Narayan Singh		12 March 1997	22 September 1997
Minister without portfolio		22 September 1997	26 September 1997^[7]
Minister for Land Reform and Management	Budhhiman Tamang		8 June 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Labour	Mukunda Neupane		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs	Ashok Kumar Rai		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Industry	Keshav Prasad Badal		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Youth, Sports and Culture	Bishnu Prasad Paudel		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation	Salim Miya Ansari		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister without portfolio	Bhim Bahadur Kathayat		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Law and Justice	Prem Bahadur Singh		30 June 1997	22 September 1997
Minister for Education	Devi Prasad Ojha		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Agriculture	Ram Krishna Acharya		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Population and Environment	Bidya Devi Bhandari		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Forests and Land Conservation	Rameshwar Raya Yadav		30 June 1997	11 September 1997^[8]
	Hridayesh Tripathi		11 September 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Commerce	Sarbendra Nath Shukla		29 August 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Science and Technology	Prem Bahadur Bhandari		29 August 1997	6 October 1997
Minister without portfolio	Rajiv Parajuli		29 August 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Supplies	Moti Prasad Pahadi		22 September 1997	6 October 1997
Ministers of State
Minister of State for Information and Communications	Rakam Chemjong		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Health	Bharat Kumar Pradhan		30 June 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Industry	Tul Bahadur Gurung		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Education	Bhojraj Joshi		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Local Development	Mahesh Chaudhary		30 June 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Construction and Transportation	Mahindra Ray Yadav		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Agriculture	Jyotendra Mohan Chaudhary		29 August 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Housing and Physical Infrastructure	Khobari Raya Yadav		25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Land Reform and Management	Mirza Dilshad Beg		29 August 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Supplies	Palten Gurung		22 September 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Forests and Land Conservation	Naresh Bahadur Singh		22 September 1997	6 October 1997

Notes and References

1. लोकेन्द्रबहादुर चन्दको सीफारीशमा मन्त्रीपरिषद् गठन गरी कार्य बिभाजन . Council of ministers formed and portfolios assigned on the recommendation of Lokendra Bahadur Chand . 12 March 1997 . Nepal Gazette . Nepali.
2. लोकेन्द्बहादुरको अध्यक्षतामा प्रधानमन्त्रीको कार्य बिभाजन गरेको . Portfolio divided under the chairmanship of Lokendra Bahadur Chand . 8 June 1997 . Nepal Gazette . Nepali.
3. राजदरबारको बिज्ञप्ति . Notice from the Royal Palace . 29 August 1997 . Nepal Gazette . Nepali.
4. मर्यादाक्रममा हेरफेर गरेको . Change in order of precedence . 25 March 1997 . Nepal Gazette . Nepali.
5. मन्त्री तथा राज्य मन्त्री पदमा कार्य बिभाजन गरेको . Portfolio assignment of Ministers and State Minsiters . 30 June 1997 . Nepal Gazette . Nepali.
6. मन्त्री परिषद्मा हेरफेर गरेको . Change in the council of ministers . 22 September 1997 . Nepal Gazette . Nepali.
7. मन्त्री परिषद् मा हेरफेर गरेको . Change in the council of ministers . 26 September 1997 . Nepal Gazette . Nepali.
8. भू संरक्षण मन्त्रालयको कार्यभार हूदयेश त्रिपाठीले सम्हाल्नू भएको . Hridayesh Tripathi to take over responsibility of Ministry of Land Conservation . 11 September 1997 . Nepal Gazette . Nepali.