Fourth Premiership of KP Sharma Oli

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Oli in New Delhi, 2018
Fourth Premiership of KP Sharma Oli
15 July 2024 –present
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Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli was appointed as Prime Minister of Nepal on 14 July 2024. He officially took oath the following day on 15 July 2025. Oli's fourth and current tenure comes after previous Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who was in coalition with Oli, failed to secure the necessary votes in his fourth vote of confidence.

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Background

In the 2022 general election, Oli led CPN (UML) , with 78 seats, became the second-largest party in the House of Representatives. [1] Oli was reelected from Jhapa 5 with a majority of over 29,000 votes. [2] After power-sharing talks broke down inside the Nepali Congress led ruling alliance, Oli and Dahal brokered a deal, backing Dahal's bid as prime minister. [3] The UML withdrew from the coalition government ahead of the presidential election in March 2023 after Dahal decided to back Nepali Congress candidate instead. Oli later joined hands with Dahal again in March 2024. [4] [5]

Following disagreements with the prime minister and other coalition partners about the annual budget and citing the need for a stable government of national consensus, Oli and Nepali Congress' Deuba agreed on 1 July 2024 to form a rotational government with the two party chairs serving equal time as prime minister. [6] [7] CPN (UML) withdrew its support from the Dahal government, and following a failed a motion of confidence for Dahal in the House on 12 July, Oli was appointed prime minister for a fourth stint on 14 July as part of a coalition with the Nepali Congress, and sworn in the following day. [8] [9] [10]

Administration

Council of Ministers

S.N.PortfolioMinisterPolitical partyAssumed officeLeft officeWebsite
Prime Minister
1. Prime Minister of Nepal KP Sharma Oli CPN (UML) 15 July 2024Incumbent Official website
Deputy Prime Minister
2. Deputy Prime Minister
Minister for Urban Development 		Prakash Man Singh Nepali Congress 15 July 2024Incumbent Official website
3. Deputy Prime Minister
Minister for Finance 		Bishnu Prasad Paudel CPN (UML) 15 July 2024Incumbent Official website
Cabinet Ministers
4.Minister for Communication and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung CPN (UML) 15 July 2024Incumbent Official website
5.Minister for Home Affairs Ramesh Lekhak Nepali Congress 15 July 2024Incumbent Official website
6.Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security Sharat Singh Bhandari Loktantrik Samajwadi 15 July 2024Incumbent Official website
7.Minister for Foreign Affairs Arzu Rana Deuba Nepali Congress 15 July 2024Incumbent Official website
8.Minister for Water Supply Pradeep Yadav People's Socialist Party 15 July 2024Incumbent Official website
9.Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation Balaram Adhikari CPN (UML) 15 July 2024Incumbent Official website
10.Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Damodar Bhandari CPN (UML) 15 July 2024Incumbent Official website
11.Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen Nawal Kishor Sah People's Socialist Party 15 July 2024Incumbent Official website
12.Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Devendra Dahal CPN (UML) 15 July 2024Incumbent Official website
13.Minister for Youth and Sports Teju Lal Chaudhary Nepali Congress 15 July 2024Incumbent Official website
14.Minister for Health and Population Pradip Paudel Nepali Congress 15 July 2024Incumbent Official website
15.Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ajay Chaurasiya Nepali Congress 15 July 2024Incumbent Official website
16.Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Badri Pandey Nepali Congress 15 July 2024Incumbent Official website
17.Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development Ram Nath Adhikari Nepali Congress 15 July 2024Incumbent Official website
18.Minister for Education, Science and Technology Bidya Bhattarai CPN (UML) 15 July 202422 April 2025 Official website
Raghuji Pant 24 April 2025Incumbent
19.Minister for Defence Manbir Rai CPN (UML) 15 July 2024Incumbent Official website
20.Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Deepak Khadka Nepali Congress 15 July 2024Incumbent Official website
21.Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration Raj Kumar Gupta CPN (UML) 15 July 2024Incumbent Official website
22.Minister for Forests and Environment Aain Bahadur Shahi Thakuri Nepali Congress 15 July 2024Incumbent Official website
State Ministers
23.Minister of state for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Arun Kumar Chaudhary Nagrik Unmukti 3 August 2024Incumbent Official website
24.Minister of state for Forests and Environment Rupa Bishwakarma Nepali Congress 3 August 2024Incumbent Official website
25.Minister of state for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Purna Bahadur Tamang Nepali Congress 3 August 202423 April 2025 Official website
Source: [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

Oli's government is a coalition that includes the CPN (UML), Nepali Congress, PSP, LSP and NUP.

Advisors

Bishnu Rimal is the political advisor while Yuba Raj Khatiwada is the economic advisor. [19]

Foreign Policy and Trips

Foreign Policy

Foreign Trips

Oli's first visit as the new prime minister was to New York, USA to attend the Seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly. In the sidelines, he also met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and discussed about energy, technology and trade. Oli discussed about trade, labour and investment with Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah, Crown Prince of Kuwait. Oli also met Prime Minister of Bhutan, Tshering Tobgay [20]

Domestic Policy

Public opinion and Polls

References

  1. ↑ "समानुपातिकतर्फको मतगणना सकियो : कसले कति सिट पाए ?". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "CPN (UML) Chair Oli elected HoR member from Jhapa-5". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  3. ↑ "President appoints Pushpa Kamal Dahal prime minister". kathmandupost.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "UML pulls out of government". kathmandupost.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Nepal's communist parties join forces to form a new coalition government". AP News. 4 March 2024. Archived from the original on 11 March 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Deuba-Oli Balkot meet: New alliance in the works?". kathmandupost.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "कांग्रेस-एमालेबीच सत्ता गठबन्धन गर्ने सहमति, ओली र देउवा आलोपालो प्रधानमन्त्री". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "UML withdraws support to Dahal government". kathmandupost.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Oli becomes prime minister for fourth time, swearing-in today". kathmandupost.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "The leader of Nepal's largest communist party has been named the country's new prime minister". Associated Press. 14 July 2024. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "उपप्रधानमन्त्रीमा सिंह र पौडेलद्वारा शपथग्रहण". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  12. ↑ "नवनियुक्त १९ मन्त्रीद्वारा शपथ ग्रहण". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  13. ↑ "Prime Minister Oli forms 22-member Cabinet". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  14. ↑ "Three ministers of state sworn in". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  15. ↑ "Three ministers of state take oath". Setopati. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  16. ↑ "Education minister resigns after rift with PM, finance minister". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
  17. ↑ "शिक्षामन्त्रीमा एमाले सांसद पन्त नियुक्त". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2025-04-23.
  18. ↑ "ऊर्जा राज्यमन्त्री तामाङ बर्खास्त". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2025-04-23.
  19. ↑ "Oli appoints two advisers". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 2025-06-03.
  20. ↑ "Prime Minister Oli holds bilateral talks with Indian Prime Minister Modi in New York" . Retrieved 2025-06-03.
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