Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens | |
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महिला, बालबालिका तथा ज्येष्ठ नागरिक मन्त्री | |
Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens | |
Style | Honourable |
Member of | Council of Ministers |
Reports to | Prime Minister, Parliament |
Seat | Singha Durbar, Nepal |
Nominator | Prime Minister |
Appointer | President |
Term length | No fixed term |
Precursor | Minister 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]
# | Name | Took of office | Prime Minister | Minister's Party | ||||
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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 | 47 | CPN (UML) |