Fourth Surya Bahadur Thapa cabinet

Fourth Surya Bahadur Thapa cabinet
Fourth Surya Bahadur Thapa cabinet
; Cabinet of Nepal
October 1997–April 1998
Date formed	7 October 1997
Date dissolved	12 April 1998
People and organisations
Monarch	King Birendra
Prime Minister	Surya Bahadur Thapa
Total no. of members	47 appointments
Member parties	Nepali Congress ; Rastriya Prajatantra Party ; Nepal Sadbhawana Party;
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition) ; 110 / 205 (54%) ; ; ;
Opposition party	CPN (UML);
Opposition leaders	Man Mohan Adhikari
History
Election	1994
Legislature terms	1994–1999
Predecessor	Chand–Gautam coalition
Successor	Second G.P. Koirala cabinet

The fourth Surya Bahadur Thapa cabinet was formed on 7 October 1997.^[1] Surya Bahadur Thapa of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party was appointed as the prime minister by King Birendra after he was supported by Nepali Congress, Nepal Sadbhawana Party and some independents. The cabinet was expanded on 27 October 1997 and was reshuffled on 3 December 1997.^[2]^[3]

After losing a no-confidence motion, his government was disbanded on 12 April 1998 after the appointment of Girija Prasad Koirala as prime minister.

Cabinet

October–December 1997

Portfolio	Minister		Took office	Left office
Prime Minister of Nepal Minister for Palace Affairs	Surya Bahadur Thapa	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	7 October 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Construction and Transportation	Balaram Gharti Magar	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	27 October 1997	3 December 1997
Minister for Industry	Fateh Singh Tharu	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	27 October 1997	3 December 1997
Minister for Finance	Rabindra Nath Sharma	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	7 October 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Water Supply	Pashupati S.J.B. Rana	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	7 October 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Housing and Physical Planning Minister for Land Reform and Management Minister for Commerce Minister for Science and Technology	Prakash Chandra Lohani	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	7 October 1997	3 December 1997
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Kamal Thapa	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	7 October 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Agriculture	Kamal Thapa	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	7 October 1997	3 December 1997
Minister for Local Development	Gajendra Narayan Singh	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	7 October 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation	Gajendra Narayan Singh	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	7 October 1997	27 October 1997
Minister for Home Affairs	Budhhiman Tamang	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	27 October 1997	3 December 1997
Minister without portfolio	Ram Krishna Acharya	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	27 October 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Youth, Sports and Culture	Sharat Singh Bhandari	Nepali Congress	27 October 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Supplies	Moti Prasad Pahadi	Nepali Congress	27 October 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Information and Communications	Sarbendra Nath Shukla	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	27 October 1997	3 December 1997
Minister without portfolio	Rajiv Parajuli	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	27 October 1997	3 December 1997
Minister without portfolio	Ram Vilas Yadav	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	27 October 1997	3 December 1997
Minister for Health	Shanti Shamsher Rana	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	27 October 1997	3 December 1997
Minister without portfolio	Mahendra Raya	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	27 October 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation	Hridayesh Tripathi	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	27 October 1997	12 April 1998
Ministers of State
Minister of State for Population and Environment	Palten Gurung	Nepali Congress	27 October 1997	3 December 1997
Minister of State for Home Affairs	Bishnu Bikram Thapa	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	27 October 1997	3 December 1997
Minister of State for Forests and Soil Conservation	Bhakta Bahadur Rokaya	Nepali Congress	27 October 1997	3 December 1997
Minister of State for Commerce	Mirza Dilshad Beg	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	27 October 1997	3 December 1997
Minister of State for Youth, Sports and Culture	Naresh Bahadur Singh	Nepali Congress	27 October 1997	12 April 1998

December 1997–April 1998

Portfolio	Minister		Took office	Left office
Prime Minister of Nepal Minister for Palace Affairs	Surya Bahadur Thapa	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	7 October 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Home Affairs	Khum Bahadur Khadka	Nepali Congress	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Finance	Rabindra Nath Sharma	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	7 October 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Housing and Physical Planning	Balaram Gharti Magar	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Water Supply	Pashupati S.J.B. Rana	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	7 October 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Agriculture	Prakash Chandra Lohani	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Construction and Transportation	Bijay Kumar Gachhadar	Nepali Congress	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Defence	Fateh Singh Tharu	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Kamal Thapa	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	7 October 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Local Development	Gajendra Narayan Singh	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	7 October 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Land Reform and Management	Budhhiman Tamang	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Population and Environment	Prakash Man Singh	Nepali Congress	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister without portfolio	Ram Krishna Acharya	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	27 October 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Youth, Sports and Culture	Sharat Singh Bhandari	Nepali Congress	27 October 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Supplies	Moti Prasad Pahadi	Nepali Congress	27 October 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for the Office of the Prime Minister	Sarbendra Nath Shukla	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister without portfolio	Prem Bahadur Bhandari	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Science and Technology	Rajiv Parajuli	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Commerce	Ram Vilas Yadav	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister without portfolio	Shanti Shamsher Rana	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister without portfolio	Mahendra Raya	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	27 October 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation	Hridayesh Tripathi	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	27 October 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Information and Communications	Mahantha Thakur	Nepali Congress	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Law and Justice	Siddha Raj Ojha	Nepali Congress	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Labour	Palten Gurung	Nepali Congress	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Education	Kul Bahadur Gurung	Nepali Congress	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Health	Bipin Koirala	Nepali Congress	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Ministers of State
Minister of State for Industry	Padma Narayan Chaudhary	Nepali Congress	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister of State for General Administrtation	Shiva Raj Subedi	Nepali Congress	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister of State for Women and Social Welfare	Meena Pandey	Nepali Congress	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs	Mani Lama	Nepali Congress	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister of State for Agriculture	Bishnu Bikram Thapa	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister of State for Forests and Soil Conservation	Bhakta Bahadur Rokaya	Nepali Congress	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister of State for Housing and Physical Planning	Mirza Dilshad Beg	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister of State for Youth, Sports and Culture	Naresh Bahadur Singh	Nepali Congress	27 October 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Education	Rajendra Bahadur Shah	Nepali Congress	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister of State for Home Affairs	Mahendra Yadav	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Construction and Transportation	Kamlesh Sharma	Nepali Congress	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Supplies	Ram Bahadur Gurung	Nepali Congress	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Health	Bajra Kishor Singh	Nepali Congress	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Minister for Information and Communications	Jay Prakash Gupta	Nepali Congress	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Assistant Minister
Assistant Minister for General Administrtation	Ram Janam Chaudhary	Nepali Congress	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Assistant Minister for Industry	Surendra Hamal	Nepali Congress	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Assistant Minister for Labour	Mohammad Aftab Alam	Nepali Congress	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Assistant Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation	Sushil Man Sherchan	Nepali Congress	3 December 1997	12 April 1998
Assistant Minister for Women and Social Welfare	Keshav Bahadur Chand	Nepali Congress	3 December 1997	12 April 1998

References

^ मन्त्री परिषद् गठन गरी कार्यबिभाजन गरेको [Council of ministers formed and portfolios assigned] (Report) (in Nepali). Nepal Gazette. 7 October 1997.
^ मन्त्रीपरिषद्को गठनबिधिको मर्यादा क्रममा हेरफेर गरेको [Change in the order of precedence of the council of ministers] (Report) (in Nepali). Nepal Gazette. 27 October 1997.
^ सचिवालय राजदरबारको बिज्ञप्ती [Notice from the Secretariat of the Royal Palace] (Report) (in Nepali). Nepal Gazette. 3 December 1997.

[1] मन्त्री परिषद् गठन गरी कार्यबिभाजन गरेको [Council of ministers formed and portfolios assigned] (Report) (in Nepali). Nepal Gazette. 7 October 1997.

[2] मन्त्रीपरिषद्को गठनबिधिको मर्यादा क्रममा हेरफेर गरेको [Change in the order of precedence of the council of ministers] (Report) (in Nepali). Nepal Gazette. 27 October 1997.

[3] सचिवालय राजदरबारको बिज्ञप्ती [Notice from the Secretariat of the Royal Palace] (Report) (in Nepali). Nepal Gazette. 3 December 1997.

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