Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation explained

Post:Minister
Body:Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
Native Name:संस्कृति, पर्यटन तथा नागरिक उड्डयन मन्त्री
Insignia:Emblem of Nepal (alternative).svg
Insigniasize:150px
Insigniacaption:Emblem of Nepal
Flag:Flag of Nepal.svg
Flagsize:100px
Flagcaption:Emblem of Nepal
Incumbent:Badri Pandey
Incumbentsince:15 July 2024
Department:Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
Style:Honourable
Member Of:Council of Ministers
Reports To:Prime Minister, Parliament
Seat:Singha Durbar, Nepal
Nominator:Prime Minister
Appointer:President
Termlength:No fixed term
Deputy:Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation

The Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (Nepali: संस्कृति, पर्यटन तथा नागरिक उड्डयन मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation of the Government of Nepal. One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister is responsibility for promoting tourism, culture and private sector involvement in Nepal. The Minister is assisted by the Minister of State for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and the junior Deputy Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.[1] [2]

The current minister is Badri Pandey[3] [4] who took office on 15 July 2024.[5]

List of ministers of culture, tourism and civil aviation

This is a list of former Ministers of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2008:

PortraitMinister
Took officeLeft OfficePartyGovernment Prime MinisterRef
Hisila Yami
August 18, 2008May 25, 2009Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)Dahal IPushpa Kamal Dahal[6] [7]
Sharat Singh Bhandari
May 25, 2009February 6, 2011Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)NepalMadhav Kumar Nepal[8] [9]
Khadga Bahadur Bishwakarma
May 4, 2011August 29, 2011KhanalJhala Nath Khanal[10] [11]
Ram Kumar ShresthaMarch 18, 2013February 11, 2014IndependentRegmiKhil Raj Regmi[12] [13]
Bhim Acharya
February 25, 2014September 13, 2014Nepali CongressKoiralaSushil Koirala[14]
Deepak Chandra AmatyaSeptember 14, 2014May 22, 2015[15]
Kripasur SherpaMay 23, 2015October 12, 2015[16]
Ananda Pokharel November 5, 2015August 4, 2016Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Oli IKP Sharma Oli[17]
Jeevan Bahadur Shahi
August 26, 2016May 8, 2017Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)Dahal IIPushpa Kamal Dahal[18]
<-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->Jitendra Narayan DevMay 8, 2017May 31, 2017[19]
July 26, 2017February 15, 2018Nepali CongressDeuba IVSher Bahadur Deuba[20]
Rabindra Prasad Adhikari
March 16, 2018 February 27, 2019Nepal Communist PartyOli IIKP Sharma Oli[21] [22]
KP Sharma Oli
March 1, 2019July 30, 2019[23]
Yogesh Bhattarai
July 31, 2019 December 20, 2020[24]
Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal
December 25, 2020 June 4, 2021Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)[25]
Uma Shankar Aragriya
June 4, 2021 June 22, 2021[26] [27]
Lila Nath Shrestha
June 24, 2021July 12, 2021[28] [29]
Prem Ale
October 8, 2021 June 28, 2022Nepali CongressDeuba VSher Bahadur Deuba[30]
Jeevan Ram Shrestha
June 30, 2022 December 26, 2022[31] [32]
Sudan Kirati
January 17, 2023March 4, 2024Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)Dahal IIIPushpa Kamal Dahal[33] [34]
March 4, 202415 July 2024[35] [36]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: संस्कृति, पर्यटन तथा नागरिक उड्डयन मन्त्रालय . 2023-10-09 . www.tourism.gov.np.
  2. Web site: Council of Ministers Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. 2022-01-29. en-US.
  3. Web site: Republica . Here is the list of Oli-led Cabinet . 2024-07-15 . My Republica . en.
  4. Web site: Prime Minister Oli forms 22-member Cabinet . 2024-07-15 . kathmandupost.com . English.
  5. Web site: Council of Ministers Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers . 2024-07-15 . en-US.
  6. « Prachanda elected PM with 464 votes » (15 August 2008), sur le site nepalnews.com.
  7. « Ministers of Democratic Federal Republic of Nepal ».
  8. Web site: Madhav Kumar Nepal sworn in as Nepal PM. The Times of India. 1 November 2017.
  9. Web site: Backgrounder: Nepali cabinet member list. People.cn. 1 November 2017.
  10. Web site: KHANAL EXTENDS CABINET; FIVE MINISTERS, SEVEN STATE MINISTERS. Nepal Mountain News. 1 November 2017.
  11. Web site: Prime Minister of Nepal Jhalanath Khanal Expanded Cabinet. Jagran Josh. 1 November 2017.
  12. Web site: Regmi expands Cabinet. Madheshvani. 12 November 2017.
  13. Web site: Regmi Cabinet Gets Full Shape With Eight New Ministers; SC Rules Regmi To Act Only As Chief Of Government Not Judiciary. Nepal24Hours. 12 November 2017.
  14. Web site: Meet the new cabinet of ministers. Nepali Times. 1 October 2017.
  15. Web site: PM KOIRALA ADMINISTERS OATH OF OFFICE TO NEW MINISTERS. Glocal Khabar. 12 October 2017.
  16. Web site: Sherpa appointed new tourism minister. The Kathmandu Post. 12 October 2017. 2017-10-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20171029070822/http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2015-05-23/sherpa-appointed-new-tourism-minister.html. dead.
  17. Web site: 3 more DPMs, 4 ministers sworn-in; total Cabinet strength is 26. The Himalayan Times. 1 October 2017.
  18. Web site: 13 new ministers take oath from President. The Himalayan Times. 12 October 2017.
  19. Web site: Nepal PM K.P. Oli forms Cabinet. The Hindu. 1 November 2017.
  20. Web site: Three ministers from Nepal Democratic Forum sworn in. The Himalayan Times. 12 October 2017.
  21. Web site: PM inducts 15 members to cabinet . My Republica . en . 2018-03-19.
  22. Web site: Second International Airport is on new tourism’s minister’s priority . english.onlinekhabar.com . en-GB . 2018-03-19.
  23. Web site: संस्कृति, पर्यटन तथा नागरिक उड्डयन मन्त्रालय . Government of Nepal . 1 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190331130209/http://tourism.gov.np/ . 31 March 2019 . Nepali.
  24. Web site: Yogesh Bhattarai to take oath of office as tourism minister at 4 pm today . 31 July 2019. 31 July 2019. República.
  25. Web site: 2020-12-25. BhanuBhakta Dhakal Appointed as Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation minister. 2023-10-09. Aviation Nepal. en-us.
  26. Web site: 2021-06-14. A week for improvement to NAC: Umashankar Argariya. 2023-10-09. Aviation Nepal. en-us.
  27. Web site: मन्त्रिपरिषद् विस्तारविरुद्ध सर्वोच्चको अन्तरिम आदेश : २० मन्त्री जिम्मेवारीमुक्त (आदेशको पूर्णपाठ). 2021-06-22. मन्त्रिपरिषद् विस्तारविरुद्ध सर्वोच्चको अन्तरिम आदेश : २० मन्त्री जिम्मेवारीमुक्त (आदेशको पूर्णपाठ). en.
  28. Web site: Cabinet members assigned additional portfolios two days after Supreme Court dismissed 20 ministers. 2023-10-09. My Republica. en.
  29. Web site: 2020-10-15. Newly appointed ministers sworn in - OnlineKhabar English News. 2023-10-09.
  30. Web site: 2021-10-08. Prem Bahadur Ale appointed as Minister of Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation. 2023-10-09. Aviation Nepal. en-us.
  31. Web site: www.ETTravelWorld.com. Jeevan Ram Shrestha is Nepal's new Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation - ET TravelWorld. 2023-10-09. ETTravelWorld.com. en.
  32. Web site: Republica . Newly-appointed CPN (Unified Socialist) ministers sworn in . 2022-06-28 . My Republica . en.
  33. Web site: Maoist Centre’s Sharma, Modi, Kirati and Shreepali to be inducted into Cabinet. 2023-10-09. kathmandupost.com. English.
  34. Web site: Nepal's PM Prachanda inducts 15 new faces in Cabinet. 2023-10-09. Indianarrative. en.
  35. Web site: Hit Bahadur Tamang to become Minister from Maoist Center . 2024-03-09 . Khabarhub . en.
  36. Web site: Republica . RSP’s DP Aryal and Maoist Center’s Hit Bahadur Tamang to become ministers . 2024-03-09 . My Republica . en.

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