Lalbabu Raut cabinet

2022 Jhapa 1 — (A) election
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Constituency of Jhapa 1 (A) in the Provincial Assembly
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2022 Mechinagar municipal election
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77 seats to Mechinagar Municipality City Council; 39 seats needed for a majority
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Lalbabu Raut cabinet
Lalbabu Raut cabinet
1st Cabinet of Madhesh Province
	Mohammad Lalbabu Raut
Date formed	15 February 2018
People and organisations
Head of state	Hari Shankar Mishra (as Governor of Madhesh Province )
Head of government	Mohammad Lalbabu Raut
No. of ministers	14
Total no. of members	21
Member parties	4 Major parties People's Socialist Party, Nepal; Nepali Congress; Minor party CPN(Unified Socialist); CPN(Maoist Centre);
Status in legislature	Majority-collision
Opposition party	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal
Opposition leader	Jitendra Prasad Sonal
History
Election(s)	2017
Legislature term(s)	5 years
Predecessor	Province created

The Raut Cabinet is the Council of Ministers headed by Mohammad Lalbabu Raut in Madhesh Province, Nepal. Raut was sworn in the Chief Ministers of Madhesh Province in February 2018.^[1]

The arrangement of the cabinet is the result of talks between two Former Deputy Prime Ministers, People's Socialist Party, Nepal President Upendra Yadav and Nepali Congress Vice-president Bimalendra Nidhi. They have strong hold in this region from their parties.^[2]

Current arrangement change

This is a list of ministers since 9 June 2021 since when PSP-N and Nepali Congress are two major parties in government.^[3]

S.N.	Portfolio	Holder	Constituency		Took office
Cabinet ministers
1	Chief Minister Minister for Commerce, Supplies and Science Technology	Mohammad Lalbabu Raut^[4]	Parsa 1(B)	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	14 February 2018
2	Deputy Chief Minister Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development	Ram Saroj Yadav	Dhanusha 3 (A)	Nepali Congress	9 June 2021
3	Minister for Industry, Forest and Environment	Satrudhan Mahato	Dhanusha 4(B)	CPN (Unified Socialist)	20 November 2021
4	Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning	Shailendra Prasad Sah^[5]	Saptari 2(A)	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	1 March 2018
5	Minister for Internal Affairs and Communication	Bharat Prasad Sah	Mahottari 1(B)	Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)	17 July 2021
6	Minister for Energy and Drinking Water	Om Prakash Sharma		Nepali Congress	9 June 2021
7	Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Co-operatives	Bijay Kumar Yadav^[6]	Siraha 2 (A)	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	15 February 2018
8	Minister for Women, Children, Youth and Sports	Birendra Prasad Singh	Sarlahi 4(A)	Nepali Congress	9 June 2021
9	Minister for Social Development	Nawal Kishor Sah Sudi	Saptari 1(B)	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	1 March 2018
10	Minister for Law, Justice and Provincial Assembly Affairs	Pramod Kumar Yadav	Siraha 3(B)	CPN (Unified Socialist)	20 November 2021
State ministers
1	Minister of State for Industry, Tourism and Forest	Nagendra Raya Yadav	Rautahat 3(A)	CPN (Unified Socialist)	6 February 2021
2	State Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning	Usha Yadav^[5]		People's Socialist Party, Nepal	1 March 2018
3	State Minister for Internal Affairs and Law	Rubi Karn		Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)	1 March 2018
4	State Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Co-operatives	Yogendra Ray Yadav^[5]	Rautahat 1(B)	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	1 March 2018

Ministers by Party change

Since 2021 change

Representation of cabinet ministers by party

People's Socialist Party, Nepal (40%)

Nepali Congress (30%)

CPN (Unified Socialist) (20%)

CPN (Maoist Centre) (10%)


	Cabinet Ministers	Ministers of State	Total Ministers
People's Socialist Party, Nepal	4	2	6
Nepali Congress	3	0	3
CPN (Unified Socialist)	2	0	2
CPN (Maoist Centre)	1	1	2

Previous arrangements change

Chief Minister & Cabinet Ministers change

S.No.	Name	Constituency (PR if blank)	Portfolio	Took office	Left office	Political Party
1.	Mohammad Lalbabu Raut	Parsa 1(B)	Chief Minister Minister of Law, Justice and State Assembly Minister of Commerce, Supplies, Science and Technology	15 February 2018		People's Socialist Party, Nepal
2.	Jitendra Prasad Sonal^[6]	Bara 4(B)	Minister of Physical Infrastructure Development	15 February 2018	6 June 2021^[4](expelled)	People's Socialist Party, Nepal
3.	Bijay Kumar Yadav^[6]	Siraha 2(A)	Minister of Finance	15 February 2018		People's Socialist Party, Nepal
4.	Gyanendra Kumar Yadav^[7]	Dhanusha 4(A)	Minister for Internal Affairs and Law	1 March 2018	17 July 2021 (Resigned)	People's Socialist Party, Nepal
5.	Shailendra Prasad Shah^[7]	Saptari 2(A)	Minister of Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives	1 March 2018		People's Socialist Party, Nepal
6.	Nawal Kishore Shah Sudi^[7]	Saptari 1(B)	Minister of Social Development	1 March 2018		People's Socialist Party, Nepal
7.	Ram Naresh Rae^[7]		Minister of Industry, Tourism and Forest	1 March 2018	16 November 2021 (expelled)	People's Socialist Party, Nepal

Related pages change

Jhapa change

2022 Mechinagar municipality election change

Municipal election for Mechinagar took place on 13 May 2022, with all 75 positions up for election across 15 wards. The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 19 ward chairs and 60 ward members. An indirect election will also be held to elect five female members and an additional three female members from the Dalit and minority community to the municipal executive.

2022 Bhadrapur municipality election change

Municipal election for Bhadrapur took place on 13 May 2022, with all 50 positions up for election across 10 wards. The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 10 ward chairs and 40 ward members. An indirect election will also be held to elect five female members and an additional three female members from the Dalit and minority community to the municipal executive.