| Agency Name: | Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation |
| Nativename: | संस्कृति, पर्यटन तथा नागरिक उड्डयन मन्त्रालय |
| Formed: | 1978 |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of Nepal |
| Headquarters: | Singha Durbar, Kathmandu |
| Minister1 Name: | Badri Pandey, Hon. Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation |
| Chief1 Name: | Ganesh Prasad Pandeya |
| Chief1 Position: | Secretary |
| Chief2 Name: | Tok Raj Pandey |
| Chief2 Position: | Joint Secretary |
The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) is the governmental body for promoting tourism, culture and private sector involvement in Nepal. It also serves as the Nepalese aviation regulatory body. The ministry is located in Singha Durbar, Kathmandu.
The Ministry of Tourism was established in 1978 by the Government of Nepal. The portfolios of Civil Aviation and Culture were added in 1982 and 2000 respectively. This structure was dissolved again in 2008, when the ministry was split into the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation on the one side and the Ministry of Culture and State Restructuring on the other side. In 2012, the ministry was again renamed and gained its current form as the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.[1]
The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has several departments and subdivisions:[2]
This is a list of former Ministers of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:
| Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhim Acharya[3] | 25 February 2014 | 13 September 2014 | |
| 2 | Deepak Chandra Amatya[4] | 14 September 2014 | 22 May 2015[5] | |
| 3 | 23 May 2015 | 12 October 2015 | ||
| 4 | Ananda Pokharel[6] | CPN (UML) | 5 November 2015 | 4 August 2016 |
| 5 | Jeevan Bahadur Shahi[7] | 26 August 2016 | 8 May 2017 | |
| 6 | Jitendra Narayan Dev[8] | 8 May 2017 | 14 February 2018 | |
| 7 | Rabindra Prasad Adhikari[9] [10] | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) until 17 May 2018 Nepal Communist Party from 17 May 2018 | 16 March 2018 | 27 February 2019 (Deceased) |
| 8 | Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli[11] [12] | 1 March 2019 | 30 July 2019 | |
| 10 | Yogesh Bhattarai[13] | 31 July 2019 | 20 December 2020 | |
| 11 | Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal | 25 December 2020 | 4 June 2021 | |
| 12 | Uma Shankar Aragriya | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | 4 June 2021 | 22 June 2021 |
| 13 | Lila Nath Shrestha | 24 June 2021 | 12 July 2021 | |
| 14 | Prem Ale | CPN (Unified Socialist) | 8 October 2021 | 29 June 2022 |
| 15 | Jeevan Ram Shrestha | CPN (Unified Socialist) | 30 June 2022 | 26 December 2022 |
| 16 | Sudan Kirati | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | 17 January 2023 | |
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