Hikmat Karki cabinet

Last updated

The Hikmat Kumar Karki cabinet was the 4th provincial government of Koshi Province. It was formed after Hikmat Kumar Karki was sworn in as Chief Minister of Koshi Province on 9 January 2023. [1]

Contents

Hikmat Karki cabinet
Flag of Nepal.svg
4th Cabinet of Koshi Province
Rt-Hon Hikmat Kumar Karki.jpg
Date formed9 January 2023
Date dissolved7 July 2023
People and organisations
Governor Parshuram Khapung
Chief Minister Hikmat Kumar Karki
No. of ministers6
Member parties
  •   CPN (UML)
    Coalition partner
  •   RPP
    Former members
  •   Maoist Centre
  •   PSP-N
Status in legislatureMajority Coalition Government (January - June 2023)
Minority Coalition Government (June - July 2023)
Opposition party  Nepali Congress
Opposition leader Uddhav Thapa, (NC) [2]
History
Election(s) 2022
Legislature term(s)5 years
Predecessor Rajendra Rai Cabinet
Successor Uddhav Thapa cabinet

History

Karki was appointed Chief minister on 9 January 2023. His claim to chief minister was supported by his party CPN (UML), CPN (Maoist Centre), PSP-N and RPP. He won 59 votes against 32 in the vote of confidence. [3] He was opposed by Nepali Congress and CPN (US). Due to change in political coalition in federal government, PSP-N quit government on 31 May 2023. [4] CPN (MC) also quit government and withdrew support on 7 June 2023. [5] Karki failed to secure vote in the 2nd vote of confidence, gathering only 46 votes, 40 from his party, CPN (UML) and 6 from RPP, which is one less than majority. 43 members from Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Centre) and CPN (Unified Socialist) voted against Karki. 4 members including PSP-N's single MP abstained from voting. [6] Consequently, Uddhav Thapa succeeded him as the chief minister.

Ministries

Until 7 July 2023

S.N.PortfolioMinisterPolitical PartyAssumed officeLeft office
Cabinet ministers
1 Chief minister
All other ministries not allocated to anyone.
Hikmat Kumar Karki CPN (UML) 9 January 2023 [7] [8] 7 July 2023
2 Minister for Drinking Water, Irrigation and Energy Til Kumar Menyangbo CPN (UML) 9 January 2023 [7] [8] 7 July 2023
3 Minister for Social Development Buddhi Kumar Rajbhandari CPN (UML) 13 January 2023 [9] [8] 7 July 2023
4 Minister for Industry, Agriculture and Co-Operatives Bhakti Prasad Sitaula RPP 9 January 2023 [7] [8] 7 July 2023

Former arrangements

Until 7 June 2023

S.N.PortfolioMinisterPolitical PartyAssumed officeLeft office
Cabinet ministers
1 Chief minister
All other ministries not allocated to anyone.
Hikmat Kumar Karki CPN (UML) 9 January 2023 [7] [8] Incumbent
2 Minister for Drinking Water, Irrigation and Energy Til Kumar Menyangbo CPN (UML) 9 January 2023 [7] [8] Incumbent
3 Minister for Social Development Buddhi Kumar Rajbhandari CPN (UML) 13 January 2023 [9] [8] Incumbent
4 Minister for Tourism, Forests and Environment Jeevan Acharya Maoist Centre 13 January 2023 [9] [8] 7 June 2023
5 Minister for Transport Infrastructure and Urban Development Durga Prasad Chapagain Maoist Centre 13 January 2023 [9] [8] 7 June 2023
6 Minister for Industry, Agriculture and Co-Operatives Bhakti Prasad Sitaula RPP 9 January 2023 [7] [8] Incumbent

Until 31 May 2023

S.N.PortfolioMinisterPolitical PartyAssumed officeLeft office
Cabinet ministers
1 Chief minister
All other ministries not allocated to anyone.
Hikmat Kumar Karki CPN (UML) 9 January 2023 [7] [8] Incumbent
2 Minister for Drinking Water, Irrigation and Energy Til Kumar Menyangbo CPN (UML) 9 January 2023 [7] [8] Incumbent
3 Minister for Social Development Buddhi Kumar Rajbhandari CPN (UML) 13 January 2023 [9] [8] Incumbent
4 Minister for Tourism, Forests and Environment Jeevan Acharya Maoist Centre 13 January 2023 [9] [8] Incumbent
5 Minister for Transport Infrastructure and Urban Development Durga Prasad Chapagain Maoist Centre 13 January 2023 [9] [8] Incumbent
6 Minister for Industry, Agriculture and Co-Operatives Bhakti Prasad Sitaula RPP 9 January 2023 [7] [8] Incumbent
7 Minister of Health Nirmala Limbu PSP-N 9 January 2023 [7] [8] 31 May 2023

Ministries by Party

   CPN (UML) (75%)
   RPP (25%)
PartyCabinet MinistersMinisters of StateTotal Ministers
CPN (UML) 303
RPP 101

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nepali Congress</span> Social democratic political party in Nepal

The Nepali Congress is the oldest democratic socialist political party in Nepal and the largest party in the country. The party has 870,106 members as of the party's 14th general convention in December 2021 making them the largest party by membership in Nepal. Currently the party has started online membership since the emergence of youth leaders in vital post to bring youths into the party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)</span> Political party in Nepal

The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (Nepali: नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एकीकृत मार्क्सवादी-लेनिनवादी), romanized: nēpāla kamyuniṣṭa pārṭī (ēkīkr̥ta mārksavādī-lēninavādī); abbr. CPN (UML)) is a communist political party in Nepal. The party emerged as one of the major parties in Nepal after the end of the Panchayat era.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rastriya Prajatantra Party</span> Political party

The Rastriya Prajatantra Party is a constitutional monarchist and Hindu nationalist political party in Nepal.

The Minister for Internal Affairs and Law (or simply, the Internal Minister, is the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law of the Government of Koshi Province. One of the senior-most officers in the Provincial Cabinet, the minister is responsible for maintain peace and state security; the state's police force and investigation bureau comes under its jurisdiction. Occasionally, they are assisted by the Minister of State for Internal Affairs and Law.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nepal Communist Party</span> Defunct communist party in Nepal

The Nepal Communist Party, abbreviated NCP is a defunct communist party which existed in Nepal from 2018 to 2021. It was founded on 17 May 2018, from the unification of two leftist parties, Communist Party of Nepal and Communist Party of Nepal. The unification was completed by the Party Unification Coordination Committee, after eight months of negotiation. The two predecessor parties subsequently dissolved, making way for the new united party. The party retained the electoral symbol of the CPN (UML), the sun.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Koshi Provincial Assembly</span> Unicameral legislature of Koshi Province, Nepal

The Koshi Provincial Assembly also known as the Koshi Pradesh Sabha, is the unicameral legislature of Koshi Province, one of the seven provinces in Nepal. The assembly is seated at the provincial capital at Biratnagar in Morang District at the District Coordination Committee Office. The assembly has 93 members of whom 56 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 37 are elected through proportional representation. The term of the assembly is 5 years unless dissolved earlier.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leader of the Opposition in the Koshi Provincial Assembly</span>

The Leader of the Opposition is an elected member of the Koshi Provincial Assembly who is leads the official opposition in the house of the Koshi Provincial Assembly. The leader of the opposition is the Provincial speaker of the party with the most seats after the government party. The Leader of the Opposition in Koshi Provincial Assembly is the parliament party leader of the provincial assembly's second largest political party. The post is held by Bhakti Prasad Sitaula.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Provincial governments of Nepal</span> Governance in Nepal

The provinces of Nepal are governed by provincial governments which form the second level of governance in the country; after the federal government. The provincial governments are established, and their structure is defined by Part 13 of the Constitution of Nepal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Nepalese general election</span>

General elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives. There were two ballots in the election; one to elect 165 members from single-member constituencies via FPTP, and the other to elect the remaining 110 members from a single nation-wide constituency via party-list proportional representation.

Events in the year 2021 in Nepal.

The Leader of the House is responsible for managing and scheduling Government business in the Koshi Provincial Assembly. The leader of the House is the parliamentary party leader of the party that holds a majority in Koshi Provincial Assembly. The office is always held by the Chief Minister of Koshi Province. The post held by Kedar Karki.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021 split in Nepalese communist parties</span>

At the end of 2020, a major split in the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) revived the Communist Party of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal.

The first Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2017 provincial elections. 93 members were elected to the assembly, 56 of whom were elected through direct elections and 37 of whom were elected through the party list proportional representation system. The term of the assembly started on 5 February 2018 and ended in September 2022. Sher Dhan Rai and Bhim Acharya served as chief ministers from CPN and Rajendra Kumar Rai served as chief minister from CPN during the term of the assembly. Pradeep Kumar Bhandari served as the speaker of the assembly and Saraswati Pokharel served as deputy speaker.

The 2nd Koshi Provincial Assembly was elected through the provincial elections held on 20 November 2022. The assembly has 56 constituency seats in which members are elected through direct elections and 36 proportional representation party list seats. The term of the assembly is 5 years unless dissolved earlier. The first session of the assembly commenced from 1 January 2023.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dahal cabinet, 2022</span> Current federal cabinet of Nepal

The Dahal cabinet, 2022 is the current Government of Nepal, formed on 26 December 2022 after Pushpa Kamal Dahal was appointed as the new Prime Minister of Nepal by president Bidya Devi Bhandari, following the 2022 Nepalese general election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Second Hikmat Karki cabinet, 2023</span> Nepalese government

The Second Hikmat Karki cabinet was the 7th provincial government of Koshi Province. It was formed after Hikmat Kumar Karki was sworn in as Chief Minister of Koshi Province on 8 September 2023 as previous Chief minister, Uddhav Thapa–led governments was unconstitutional.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hikmat Kumar Karki</span> Nepali politician

Hikmat Kumar Karki is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal. He has served as the chief minister of Koshi Province. He is also member of standing committee of CPN (UML). Karki has been serving as a member of the provincial assembly of Koshi Province from Jhapa 5 (A) since 2017. Karki had previously served as the Minister for Internal Affairs and Law in Sher Dhan Rai's cabinet from 2018 to 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chief Minister of Koshi Province</span> Chief Minister of Koshi Province, in Nepal

The chief minister of the Koshi Province is the head of government of Koshi Province. The chief minister is appointed by the governor of the province according to Article 167 of the Constitution of Nepal. The chief minister remains in office for five years or until the provincial assembly is dissolved, and is subject to no term limits, given that they have the confidence of the assembly.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Raj Kumar Sharma cabinet</span> 3rd Cabinet of Karnali Province, in Nepal

The Raj Kumar Sharma cabinet is the 3rd cabinet of Karnali Province. It was formed on 12 January 2023.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Uddhav Thapa cabinet</span>

The Uddhav Thapa cabinet was the 5th provincial government of Koshi Province. It was formed after Uddhav Thapa was sworn in as Chief Minister of Koshi Province on 7 July 2023 as previous Chief minister, Hikmat Kumar Karki failed to win vote of confidence.

References

  1. "Hikmat Kumar Karki appointed as Province 1 CM". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  2. "Uddhav Thapa elected provincial assembly party leader of Nepali Congress in Province 1". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  3. "CM Karki gets vote of confidence". Rising Nepal Daily.
  4. "JSP Pulls out of koshi government". The Annapurna Express.
  5. "CPN (MC) quit government and withdraw their support". My republica.
  6. "UML-led government in Koshi province fails to secure vote of confidence, collapses". My Republica.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Subedi, Binod. "CM and 3 ministers take oath in Province 1". My Republica. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "प्रदेश १ का मन्त्रीहरुले पाए मन्त्रालय, जीवनलाई पर्यटन, भक्तिलाई उद्योग". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Republica. "Province 1 gov expansion: Three ministers from Maoist Center inducted in cabinet". My Republica. Retrieved 2023-01-15.