Minister of Home Affairs (Nepal) explained

Post:	Minister
Insignia:	Emblem of Nepal (alternative).svg
Insigniasize:	150px
Insigniacaption:	Emblem of Nepal
Flag:	Flag of Nepal.svg
Flagsize:	100px
Flagborder:	No
Flagcaption:	Flag of Nepal
Incumbent:	Ramesh Lekhak
Incumbentsince:	15 July 2024
Department:	Ministry of Home Affairs
Style:	His Excellency
Native Name:	Nepali: गृहमन्त्रालय
Body:	Home Affairs
Seat:	Singha Durbar, Nepal
Nominator:	Home Minister
Appointer:	The President
Termlength:	No fixed term
Inaugural:	B. P. Koirala
Reports To:	Prime Minister
Member Of:	Council of Ministers

The Minister of Home Affairs (or simply, the Home Minister, (Nepali: गृहमन्त्री|Gṛha Mantrī) is the head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of Nepal. One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the chief responsibility of the Home Minister is the maintenance of Nepal's internal security; the country's large police force comes under its jurisdiction. Occasionally, they are assisted by the Minister of State of Home Affairs and the lower-ranked Deputy Minister of Home Affairs.^{[1] [2]}

List of ministers of home affairs

This is a list of former Ministers of Home Affairs since Nepal was declared Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal:

		Name	Term of office			Prime Minister		Minister's Party
	1	Bam Dev Gautam	18 August 2008^[3]	25 May 2009			Pushpa Kamal Dahal
	2	Bhim Bahadur Rawal	25 May 2009	6 February 2011			Madhav Kumar Nepal
	3	Krishna Bahadur Mahara	6 February 2011	29 August 2011			Jhala Nath Khanal
	4	Bijay Kumar Gachhadar	4 September 2011	14 March 2013			Baburam Bhattarai	MJFN (L)
	5	Madhav Ghimire	14 March 2013	11 February 2014			Khil Raj Regmi	Independent
	6	Bam Dev Gautam	25 February 2014	12 October 2015			Sushil Koirala
	7	Shakti Bahadur Basnet	19 October 2015^[4]	4 August 2016			KP Sharma Oli
	8	Bimalendra Nidhi	4 August 2016^[5]	7 June 2017			Pushpa Kamal Dahal	Nepali Congress
	9	Janardan Sharma	7 June 2017^[6]	17 October 2017			Sher Bahadur Deuba
	10	Ram Bahadur Thapa	26 February 2018	20 May 2021			KP Sharma Oli
	11	Khagaraj Adhikari	10 June 2021	22 June 2021
	12	Bishnu Prasad Paudel	24 June 2021	13 July 2021
	13	Bal Krishna Khand	13 July 2021	26 December 2022			Sher Bahadur Deuba	Nepali Congress
	14	Rabi Lamichhane	26 December 2022	27 January 2023^[7]			Pushpa Kamal Dahal	RSP
	15	Narayan Kaji Shrestha	31 March 2023	4 March 2024
	16	Rabi Lamichhane	6 March 2024	15 July 2024				RSP
	17	Ramesh Lekhak	15 July 2024	Incumbent			KP Sharma Oli	Nepali Congress

References

1. Web site: गृह मन्त्रालय. 2022-01-29. moha.gov.np. ne.
2. Web site: Council of Ministers Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. 2022-01-29. en-US.
3. Web site: Meet the new cabinet of ministers. Nepali Times. 1 October 2017.
4. Web site: Nepal's Prime Minister KP Oli Expands Cabinet, Inducts 9 New Ministers. NDTV. 1 November 2017.
5. Web site: 26 August 2016. 13 new ministers take oath from President. The Himalayan Times. 12 October 2017.
6. Web site: Sher Bahadur Deuba sworn-in as Nepal's 40th prime minister. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330130024/http://www.xinhuanet.com//english/2017-06/07/c_136347434.htm. dead. March 30, 2019. Xinhua. 1 March 2019.
7. Web site: रवि लामिछानेको सांसद पद खारेज . OnlineKhabar . 27 January 2023.

External links

• Official Website of Ministry of Home Affairs