First Bista cabinet

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First Bista cabinet
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Cabinet of Nepal
April 1969–April 1970
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Kirti Nidhi Bista
Date formed7 April 1969 (1969-04-07)
Date dissolved13 April 1970 (1970-04-13)
People and organisations
Monarch King Mahendra
Prime Minister Kirti Nidhi Bista
Total no. of members16 appointments
History
Predecessor Thapa cabinet, 1965
Successor Rajbhandari interim cabinet

Kirti Nidhi Bista formed a government on 1 April 1969 after being appointed as prime minister by King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah. [1] [2]

Cabinet

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft office
Ministers [3] [4]
Kirti Nidhi Bista [2] 7 April 196913 April 1970
Gehendra Bahadur Rajbhandari 7 April 196913 April 1970
Giri Prasad Budhathoki7 April 196913 April 1970
Khadka Bahadur Singh7 April 196913 April 1970
  • Minister of Communication and Transport
  • Minister of Water and Power
Rudra Prasad Giri 7 April 196913 April 1970
Nava Raj Subedi 7 April 196913 April 1970
Vasudev Prasad Dhungana 7 April 196913 April 1970
State Ministers
  • Minister of State for Health
  • Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting
Gunjeshwari Prasad Singh 7 April 196913 April 1970
  • Minister of State for Communication and Transport
Hom Bahadur Shrestha 7 April 196913 April 1970
  • Minister of State for General Administration
Vindeshwar Prasad Singh 7 April 196913 April 1970
  • Minister of State for Land Reform
  • Minister of State for Agriculture and Food
Vasudev Prasad Dhungana 7 April 196913 April 1970
Assistant Ministers
  • Assistant Minister for Land Reform
Khadga Bahadur Gurung 7 April 196913 April 1970
Bhakti Man Dewan
  • Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Food
Harish Chandra Mahat 7 April 196913 April 1970
  • Assistant Minister for Home and Panchayat
Delhi Sher Rai 7 April 196913 April 1970
  • Assistant Minister for Law and Justice
Deepak Bahadur Khadka 7 April 196913 April 1970

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References

  1. "कीर्तिनिधि विष्टको संयोजकत्वमा मन्त्रिपरिषद् गठन भएको हो". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  2. 1 2 "श्री कीर्तिनिधि विष्टको प्रतिनिधिमा मन्त्रीपरिषद्को कार्यविभाजन". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  3. "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center 1970 no.1-4". HathiTrust. hdl:2027/msu.31293012013805 . Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  4. Regmi Research Project. Regmi Research Project. 1968.