Fourth premiership of K. P. Sharma Oli

Main article: Fourth Oli cabinet

Oli in New Delhi, 2018
Fourth Premiership of KP Sharma Oli 15 July 2024 –9 September 2025
President	Ram Chandra Paudel

S.N.	Portfolio	Minister	Political party		Assumed office	Left office	Ref.
Prime Minister
1.	Prime Minister of Nepal	KP Sharma Oli		CPN (UML)	15 July 2024	9 September 2025	[13]
Deputy Prime Minister
2.	Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Urban Development	Prakash Man Singh		Nepali Congress	15 July 2024	9 September 2025	[14]
3.	Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Finance	Bishnu Prasad Paudel		CPN (UML)	15 July 2024		[15]
Cabinet Ministers
4.	Minister for Communication and Information Technology	Prithvi Subba Gurung		CPN (UML)	15 July 2024	9 September 2025	[16]
5.	Minister for Home Affairs	Ramesh Lekhak		Nepali Congress	15 July 2024		[17]
6.	Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security	Sharat Singh Bhandari		Loktantrik Samajwadi	15 July 2024		[18]
7.	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Arzu Rana Deuba		Nepali Congress	15 July 2024		[19]
8.	Minister for Water Supply	Pradeep Yadav		People's Socialist Party	15 July 2024		[20]
9.	Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation	Balaram Adhikari		CPN (UML)	15 July 2024		[21]
10.	Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies	Damodar Bhandari		CPN (UML)	15 July 2024		[22]
11.	Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen	Nawal Kishor Sah		People's Socialist Party	15 July 2024		[23]
12.	Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport	Devendra Dahal		CPN (UML)	15 July 2024		[24]
13.	Minister for Youth and Sports	Teju Lal Chaudhary		Nepali Congress	15 July 2024		[25]
14.	Minister for Health and Population	Pradip Paudel		Nepali Congress	15 July 2024		[26]
15.	Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs	Ajay Chaurasiya		Nepali Congress	15 July 2024		[27]
16.	Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation	Badri Pandey		Nepali Congress	15 July 2024		[28]
17.	Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development	Ram Nath Adhikari		Nepali Congress	15 July 2024		[29]
18.	Minister for Education, Science and Technology	Bidya Bhattarai		CPN (UML)	15 July 2024	22 April 2025	[30]
		Raghuji Pant			24 April 2025	9 September 2025
19.	Minister for Defence	Manbir Rai		CPN (UML)	15 July 2024		[31]
20.	Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation	Deepak Khadka		Nepali Congress	15 July 2024		[32]
21.	Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration	Raj Kumar Gupta		CPN (UML)	15 July 2024		[33]
22.	Minister for Forests and Environment	Aain Bahadur Shahi Thakuri		Nepali Congress	15 July 2024		[34]
State Ministers
23.	Minister of state for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation	Arun Kumar Chaudhary		Nagrik Unmukti	3 August 2024	9 September 2025	[28]
24.	Minister of state for Forests and Environment	Rupa Bishwakarma		Nepali Congress	3 August 2024		[34]
25.	Minister of state for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation	Purna Bahadur Tamang		Nepali Congress	3 August 2024	23 April 2025	[32]
		Kham Bahadur Garbuja			4 May 2025	12 September 2025	[35]
Source: [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43]

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. ^[44]

Foreign Policy and Trips

Minister for Foreign Affairs
Arzu Rana Deuba
15 July 2024 — 12 September 2025

Foreign Trips

	Country	Areas visited	Dates	Details
1	United States	New York City	September 20–30 2024	To attend the 79th Session of UNGA
2	China	Beijing	December 2–5 2024	Official Visit
3	Thailand	Bangkok	April 1–5 2025	To attend 6th BIMSTEC summit
4	Spain	Seville , Madrid	June 28 – July 4 2025	To attend Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) [45]
5	Turkmenistan	Awaza	August 3–8 2025 [46]	To attend the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs)
6	China	Tianjin, Beijing	August 30 – September 4 2025	To attend 2025 Tianjin SCO summit and 2025 China Victory Day Parade

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. ^[47]

Domestic Policy

Energy Policy

Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
Deepak Khadka
15 July 2024 – 12 September 2025

Minister for state for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
Purna Bahadur Tamang
3 August 2024 – 23 April 2025

Minister for state for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
Kham Bahadur Garbuja
4 May 2025 – 12 September 2025

Oli chaired an inter-ministerial meeting including Deepak Khadka on October 8 2024, to formulate a “28,500 MW by 2035” energy strategy, from which 15000 MW would be exported and 13500 MW would be consumed domestically. ^[48] The government planned to increase energy production, diversify energy trade, build a dedicated transmission line to export energy to Bangladesh via India. In the previous week, a newly tripartite agreement was signed with India and Bangladesh to send 40 MW to Bangladesh (via India). According to Khadka, the government would work towards mobilizing investment and advancing construction for various projects in Upper Karnali, Bheri and Jagadulla. ^[49] He also amended the upcoming budget to introduce a “take-and-pay” mechanism in electricity purchasing. Kulman Ghising, Director of Nepal Electricity Authority, was removed from his Position by Oli's government on March 24 2025. ^[50] NEA had previously cut off power to several industrial firms due to unpaid electricity bill. The decision was reversed by government. The ministry had also asked clarification from Kulman on multiple occasions. Purna Bahadur Tamang, the minister of state for Energy, was sacked by the government on April 23 2025 due to coordination issues with Deepak Khadka and Tamang's support for Ghising. ^[51] Kham Bahadur Garbuja was appointed in his place on April 30 2025 and took oath on May 4 2025. ^{[52] [53]}

Agriculture Policy

Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development
Ram Nath Adhikari
15 July 2024 — 9 September 2025

Oli, in a meeting, had directed Agriculture Ministry to ensure timely chemical fertilizer supplies for planting seasons and directed the ministry to plan for domestic fertilizer industry development, increased use of organic manure and reliable supply systems. ^{[54] [55]}

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