Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens

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Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens
महिला, बालबालिका तथा ज्येष्ठ नागरिक मन्त्री
Emblem of Nepal
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Incumbent
Bhagwati Chaudhary
since 6 March 2024
Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens
StyleHonourable
Member ofCouncil of Ministers
Reports toPrime Minister, Parliament
SeatSingha Durbar, Nepal
NominatorPrime Minister
AppointerPresident
Term lengthNo fixed term
PrecursorMinister of Labour, Employment, Women, Children and Social Security

The Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens (Nepali: महिला, बालबालिका तथा ज्येष्ठ नागरिक मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens of the Government of Nepal.[1][2] One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister is responsibility to formulate policies for social and economic empowerment to promote the role of women, children, senior citizens and various sections of the society in the sustainable peace and development of the country.[3]

The current minister is Bhagwati Chaudhary, who took office on 6 March 2024.[4][5][6]

List of former ministers[edit]

# Name Took of office Prime Minister Minister's Party
1 Tham Maya Thapa
[7][8]
 15 February 2018 20 November 2019 643 KP Sharma Oli CPN (UML)
NCP
2 Parbat Gurung
[9][10]
 21 November 2019 14 October 2020 328
3 Lilanath Shrestha
[11][12]
 14 October 2020 25 December 2020 72
4 Julie Kumari Mahato
[13][14] 		25 December 2020 4 June 2021 161 CPN (UML)
5 Chanda Chaudhary
[15][16] 		4 June 2021 22 June 2021 18 PSP–Nepal
6 Lilanath Shrestha
[17][18] 		24 June 2021 12 July 2021 18 CPN (UML)
7 Uma Regmi
[19][20] 		8 October 2021 26 December 2022 444 Sher Bahadur Deuba Nepali Congress
8 Bhagwati Chaudhary[21][22]
 17 January 2023 27 February 2023 41 Pushpa Kamal Dahal CPN (UML)
9 Mahindra Ray Yadav
[23][24] 		31 March 2023 7 May 2023 37 NSP
10 Surendra Raj Acharya
[25][26] 		7 May 2023 4 March 2024 302 Nepali Congress
11 Bhagwati Chaudhary
[5][6] 		6 March 2024 Incumbent 57 CPN (UML)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizen". www.devex.com. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  2. ^ "Organizations under Ministry". Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizen. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  3. ^ "महिला, बालबालिका तथा ज्येष्ठ नागरिक मन्त्रालय". महिला, बालबालिका तथा ज्येष्ठ नागरिक मन्त्रालय. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  4. ^ "New ministers sworn in". english.ratopati.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  5. ^ a b "Prime Minister Dahal expands Cabinet". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  6. ^ a b "16 new ministers sworn-in; cabinet expanded to 20 members". en.nepalkhabar.com. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  7. ^ "Oli sworn in as new PM of Nepal, forms 3-member cabinet". My Republica. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  8. ^ "PM Oli assumes Office". The Himalayan Times. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  9. ^ Adhikari, Priyanka (2019-11-21). "Newly appointed ministers take oath". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  10. ^ "Ministers take oath of office". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  11. ^ Sureis (2020-10-15). "Three newly appointed ministers sworn-in". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  12. ^ "PM Oli expands, reshuffles Cabinet". Setopati. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  13. ^ Republica. "President Bhandari administers oath of office and secrecy to newly-appointed ministers". My Republica. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  14. ^ Magazine, New Spolight. "PM Oli Included Nine New Faces". SpotlightNepal. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  15. ^ "प्रधानमन्त्रीद्वारा मन्त्रिपरिषद्‌मा हेरफेर, तीन जना उपप्रधानमन्त्री". BBC News नेपाली (in Nepali). Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  16. ^ "मन्त्रिपरिषद् विस्तारविरुद्ध सर्वोच्चको अन्तरिम आदेश : २० मन्त्री जिम्मेवारीमुक्त (आदेशको पूर्णपाठ)". Annapurna Post (in Nepali). Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  17. ^ "प्रधानमन्त्री ओलीद्वारा आठ मन्त्री र एक राज्यमन्त्री नियुक्त, मन्त्रिमण्डलमा जिम्मेवारी हेरफेर". BBC News नेपाली (in Nepali). Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  18. ^ "Nepal's top court removes most of cabinet in blow to caretaker PM". Reuters. 2021-06-23. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  19. ^ "PM Deuba expands cabinet, new ministers take oath". The Himalayan Times. 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  20. ^ "Prime Minister Deuba expands his Council of Ministers". Koshi Online. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  21. ^ "Pushpa Kamal Dahal cabinet gets almost full shape. Here's the list - OnlineKhabar English News". 2023-01-17. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  22. ^ Ghimire, Santosh (2023-01-17). "Nepal's PM Prachanda inducts 15 new faces in Cabinet". Indianarrative. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  23. ^ Samiti, Rastriya Samachar (2023-03-31). "Newly-appointed Deputy Prime Minister and ministers sworn in". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  24. ^ "Newly appointed Minister Yadav assumes office". nepalnews.com. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  25. ^ "Newly appointed minister Acharya sworn in". Nepal Press. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  26. ^ "Surendra Acharya appointed women, children and senior citizens minister". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2024-04-18.

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