Karki interim cabinet

This article is about the cabinet of Sushila Karki's government. For the interim government system of Nepal, see Interim government of Nepal.

Sushila Karki interim cabinet
Interim Council of Ministers of Nepal of Nepal
People and organisations
Karki in 2025
Date formed	12 September 2025
People and organisations
President	Ram Chandra Poudel
Prime Minister	Sushila Karki
Prime Minister's history	Chief Justice of Nepal (2016–2017) Justice of the Supreme Court of Nepal (2009–2016)
No. of ministers	10 (incl. Prime Minister)
Member party	Independent
Status in legislature	Dissolved
History
Election	–
Outgoing election	March 2026
Predecessor	Fourth Oli cabinet

An interim government was formed in Nepal on 12 September 2025 after the Generation Z-led mass anti-corruption protests that overthrew the government of the prime minister, K. P. Sharma Oli. With the dissolution of the second federal parliament on 12 September 2025, the new cabinet led by interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki will remain in office until a successor government is appointed upon a general election. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Election

Karki was chosen as interim Prime Minister based on discussions between various government stakeholders and Gen Z representatives. This decision was taken with support from an online voting conducted by protesters via a poll on Discord. ^{[4] [5] [6]} The first woman to serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nepal, Karki is also the country's first female head of government, her appointment agreed upon during talks with the Nepali Army. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Candidate	Votes	%
Sushila Karki	3,833	49.70
Rastra Bimochan Timalsena [a]	2,022	26.22
Sagar Dhakal	1,098	14.24
Harka Sampang	487	6.31
Mahabir Pun	273	3.54
Total	7,713	100.00
Source: ClickMandu, [5] The Logical Indian, [6] The Statesman, [11] SCMP. [12]

Current arrangement

S.N.	Portfolio [13]	Minister	Background	Assumed office	Left office
Prime Minister
1	Interim Prime Minister All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister	Sushila Karki	Former Chief Justice of Nepal	12 September 2025	Incumbent
Cabinet Ministers
2	Minister for Finance	Rameshwar Khanal	Former Finance Secretary	15 September 2025 [14] [15]	Incumbent
	Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration			22 September 2025 [16]
3	Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation	Kul Man Ghising	Former head of the NEA	15 September 2025 [14] [15]	Incumbent
	Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport
	Minister for Urban Development
4	Minister for Home Affairs	Om Prakash Aryal	Supreme Court Advocate	15 September 2025 [14] [15]	Incumbent
	Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs				22 September 2025
5	Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies	Anil Kumar Sinha	Former Supreme Court Justice	22 September 2025 [16]	Incumbent
	Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
	Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
6	Minister for Education, Science and Technology	Mahabir Pun	Founder of National Innovation Center	22 September 2025 [16]	Incumbent
7	Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development	Madan Prasad Pariyar	Climate & agriculture expert, president of Samata Foundation	22 September 2025 [16]	Incumbent
8	Minister for Communications and Information Technology	Jagdish Kharel	Journalist and media-professional (Image Media Group)	22 September 2025 [16]	Incumbent
9.	Minister of Health and Population	Sudha Sharma Gautam	Former Secretary of Ministry of Health and Population, Served as President of the Nepal Medical Association, President the South Asian Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology [17]	26 October 2025	Incumbent
10.	Minister of Youth and Sports	Bablu Gupta	Gen Z activist		Incumbent

See also

• Council of Ministers of Nepal
• Government of Nepal

Notes

1. Designated as "Random Nepali", his screen name on social media platforms and his podcast, during the vote. He stated that he never vied for the position. ^[10]

References

1. Beech, Hannah; Sharma, Bhadra (12 September 2025). "Former Judge Sushila Karki Named Nepal's Leader After Gen Z Protests". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
2. Dhakal, Sanjaya; Lukiv, Jaroslav (12 September 2025). "Nepal gets first female PM after deadly unrest". BBC. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
3. "Nepal's first woman PM: Who is Sushila Karki? – DW – 09/15/2025". dw.com. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
4. "Sushila Karki: How Gen Z protestors chose Nepal's first woman prime minister on Discord". The Independent . 13 September 2025.
5. "सामाजिक सञ्जालमा भोटिङ गरेर प्रधानमन्त्री छान्ने विश्वको पहिलो देश बन्यो नेपाल !" [Nepal has become the first country in the world to elect a Prime Minister by voting on social media!]. ClickMandu (in Nepali). 10 September 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
6. "Sushila Karki Becomes Nepal's First Woman PM as Nation Creates History, Elects Leader Through Discord". The Logical Indian. 13 September 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
7. "Nepal Gen-Z protesters want former chief justice Sushila Karki, 73, as interim PM". Hindustan Times . 10 September 2025. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
8. "Nepal's Gen Z protesters back ex-chief justice Karki for interim leadership". South China Morning Post. 12 September 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
9. "Rt. Hon'ble Justice Mrs. Sushila Karki (Subedi)". supremecourt.gov.np. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
10. @random.nepali; (10 September 2025). "Regardig news of me vying for interim head position! Not true!" . Retrieved 13 September 2025– via Instagram.
11. Luitel, Bibhu (10 September 2025). "After Oli's exit, who will lead Nepal? Inside details of GenZ meeting on Interim Government". The Statesman . Retrieved 13 September 2025.
12. Bhandari, Bibek (12 September 2025). "Nepal's ex-chief justice Sushila Karki chosen as interim prime minister". South China Morning Post . Retrieved 13 September 2025.
13. "Council of Ministers". Office of the Prime Minister. Archived from the original on 8 September 2025.
14. "Karki inducts Khanal, Ghising and Aryal into interim Cabinet". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
15. "Newly appointed ministers to be sworn in today". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
16. "PM Karki inducts four more ministers". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
17. "Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) established in 1951, is a not-for-profit association that is internationally". pata.org.np. Retrieved 26 October 2025.