Incumbent: | February 1951–November 1951 |
Jurisdiction: | Nepal |
Flag: | Flag of Nepal (1743–1962).svg |
Government Head Title: | Prime Minister |
Government Head: | Mohan SJB Rana |
State Head Title: | Monarch |
State Head: | King Tribhuvan |
Total Number: | 13 appointments |
Political Party: | Rana regime |
Successor: | M. P. Koirala cabinet, 1951 |
Mohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana formed the first government of Nepal after the 1951 democracy movement. The government was formed by the proclamation of King Tribhuvan on 17 February 1951 and incorporated members of the Rana regime and the Nepali Congress. The king retained the right to dissolve the cabinet at any time and the cabinet would be responsible to him and the prime minister was to inform the king of all decisions.[1] [2]
Mohan Shumsher resigned on 12 November 1951 after Nepali Congress ministers in the cabinet resigned after calling the alliance between the two groups "unnatural".[3]
Portfolio | Minister | Affiliation | Took office | Left office | |
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Prime MinisterMinister of Foreign Affairs | Mohan Shamsher J.B.R. | Rana regime | 17 February 1951 | 12 November 1951 | |
Minister of Home Affairs | Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala | Nepali Congress | 17 February 1951 | 12 November 1951 | |
Minister of Finance | Subarna Shamsher J.B.R. | Nepali Congress | 17 February 1951 | 12 November 1951 | |
Minister for Local Autonomous Administration | Chuda Raj Shamsher J.B.R. | Rana regime | 10 June 1951 | 12 November 1951 | |
Minister for Industry and Commerce | Ganesh Man Singh | Nepali Congress | 17 February 1951 | 12 November 1951 | |
Minister for Education | Nrip Jang Rana | Rana regime | 17 February 1951 | 12 November 1951 | |
Minister for Transportation | Bhadrakali Mishra | Nepali Congress | 17 February 1951 | 12 November 1951 | |
Minister for Health | Yagya Bahadur Basnyat | Rana regime | 17 February 1951 | 12 November 1951 | |
Minister for Forest Department | Singh Shamsher J.B.R | Rana regime | 10 June 1951 | 12 November 1951 | |
Minister of Food and Agriculture | Surya Prasad Upadhyaya | Nepali Congress | 10 June 1951 | 12 November 1951 |