Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport

Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport
भौतिक पूर्वाधार तथा यातायात मन्त्री
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Incumbent Devendra Dahal since 15 July 2024
Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport
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 Physical Planning and Works

The Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (Nepali: भौतिक पूर्वाधार तथा यातायात मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport.[1][2][3] One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister is responsibility supporting various economic activities and projects related to the development of the country's major physical infrastructure such as national public roads, national railways, waterways, which connect the country's rural areas with the market, tourism, agriculture, electrical, industrial and related projects in the country.[4][5]

The current minister is Devendra Dahal,[6][7] who took office on 15 July 2024.[8]

List of former ministers

#		Name	Took of office			Prime Minister		Minister's Party
1		Bijay Kumar Gachhadar [9][10]	12 October 2015	4 August 2016	297		KP Sharma Oli	NLF
2		Ramesh Lekhak [11][12]	4 August 2016	31 May 2017	300		Pushpa Kamal Dahal	Nepali Congress
3		Bir Bahadur Balayar [13][14]	25 July 2017	15 February 2018	205		Sher Bahadur Deuba
4		Raghubir Mahaseth [15][16]	16 March 2018	20 November 2019	614		KP Sharma Oli	CPN (UML)
								NCP
5		Basanta Kumar Nemwang [17][18]	21 November 2019	12 July 2021	599
								CPN (UML)
6		Renu Kumari Yadav [19][20]	8 October 2021	4 July 2022	269		Sher Bahadur Deuba	PSP–Nepal
7		Mohammad Ishtiyaq Rayi [21][22]	4 August 2022	14 October 2022	71
–		Sher Bahadur Deuba [23][24]	14 October 2022	26 December 2022	73			Nepali Congress
8		Narayan Kaji Shrestha [25][26]	26 December 2022	31 March 2023	95		Pushpa Kamal Dahal	CPN (MC)
9		Prakash Jwala [27][28]	31 March 2023	4 March 2024	339			CPN (US)
–		Pushpa Kamal Dahal [29][30]	4 March 2024	6 March 2024	2			CPN (MC)
10		Raghubir Mahaseth [31][32]	6 March 2024	3 July 2024	119			CPN (UML)
–		Pushpa Kamal Dahal [33][34]	4 July 2024	15 July 2024	12			CPN (MC)
11		Devendra Dahal [6][7]	15 July 2024	Incumbent	188		KP Sharma Oli	CPN (UML)

References

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29. "मन्त्रिपरिषद् चार सदस्यीय, तर २२ वटै मन्त्रालयका मन्त्री प्रचण्ड". Nepal Press. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
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External links

• Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport of Nepal