| Post: | Minister |
| Body: | Labour, Employment and Social Security |
| Insignia: | Emblem of Nepal (alternative).svg |
| Insigniasize: | 150px |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of Nepal |
| Flag: | Flag of Nepal.svg |
| Flagsize: | 100px |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Nepal |
| Incumbent: | Sharat Singh Bhandari |
| Incumbentsince: | 15 July 2024 |
| Department: | Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security |
| Style: | Honourable |
| Member Of: | Council of Ministers |
| Reports To: | Prime Minister, Parliament |
| Seat: | Singha Durbar, Nepal |
| Nominator: | Prime Minister |
| Appointer: | President |
| Precursor: | Minister of Labour, Employment, Women, Children and Social Security |
| Termlength: | No fixed term |
The Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security (ne|श्रम, रोजगार तथा सामाजिक सुरक्षा मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security of the Government of Nepal.[1] [2] [3] One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister is responsible for formulating policies and programs such as regulation of foreign labor and employment opportunities that make foreign employment safe, dignified and orderly. The minister also has an important role in the determination and implementation of Nepal's foreign employment policy.[4] [5] The current minister is Sharat Singh Bhandari[6] [7] who took office on 15 July 2024.[8]
| 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 | Gokarna Bista [9] [10] | 16 March 2018 | 20 November 2019 | KP Sharma Oli | CPN (MC) | ||||
| NCP | |||||||||
| 2 | Rameshwor Raya Yadav [11] [12] | 20 November 2019 | 20 December 2020 | ||||||
| CPN (UML) | |||||||||
| 3 | Gauri Shankar Chaudhary [13] [14] | 25 December 2020 | 20 May 2021 | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |||||
| 4 | Bimal Prasad Shrivastav [15] [16] | 4 June 2021 | 22 June 2021 | PSP-Nepal | |||||
| 5 | Krishna Gopal Shrestha [17] [18] | 24 June 2021 | 12 July 2021 | CPN (UML) | |||||
| – | Sher Bahadur Deuba [19] [20] | 13 July 2021 | 8 October 2021 | Sher Bahadur Deuba | Nepali Congress | ||||
| 6 | Krishna Kumar Shrestha [21] [22] | 8 October 2021 | 27 June 2022 | CPN (Unified Socialist) | |||||
| 7 | Sher Bahadur Kunwor [23] [24] | 27 June 2022 | 26 December 2022 | ||||||
| – | Pushpa Kamal Dahal [25] [26] | 26 December 2022 | 17 January 2023 | Puspha Kamal Dahal | CPN (Maoist Centre) | ||||
| 8 | Dol Prasad Aryal [27] [28] | 17 January 2023 | 5 February 2023 | RSP | |||||
| – | Pushpa Kamal Dahal [29] [30] | 5 February 2023 | 31 March 2023 | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |||||
| 9 | Sharat Singh Bhandari [31] [32] | 31 March 2023 | 4 March 2024 | LSP | |||||
| 10 | Dol Prasad Aryal [33] [34] | 4 March 2024 | 15 July 2024 | RSP | |||||
| 11 | Sharat Singh Bhandari | 15 July 2024 | Incumbent | KP Sharma Oli | LSP |