Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation

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Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
संस्कृति, पर्यटन तथा नागरिक उड्डयन मन्त्रालय
Agency overview
Formed1978
Jurisdiction Government of Nepal
Headquarters Singha Durbar, Kathmandu
Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • Yadav Prasad Koirala, Secretary
  • Tok Raj Pandey, Joint Secretary
Website tourism.gov.np

The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) is the governmental body for promoting tourism, culture and private sector involvement in Nepal. It also serves as the Nepalese aviation regulatory body. The ministry is located in Singha Durbar, Kathmandu.

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History

The Ministry of Tourism was established in 1978 by the Government of Nepal. The portfolios of Civil Aviation and Culture were added in 1982 and 2000 respectively. This structure was dissolved again in 2008, when the ministry was split into the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation on the one side and the Ministry of Culture and State Restructuring on the other side. In 2012, the ministry was again renamed and gained its current form as the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. [1]

Organisational structure

The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has several departments and subdivisions: [2]

Former Ministers of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation

This is a list of former Ministers of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:

NamePartyAssumed officeLeft office
1 Bhim Acharya [3] CPN (UML) 25 February 201413 September 2014
2 Deepak Chandra Amatya [4] CPN (UML) 14 September 201422 May 2015 [5]
3 Kripasur Sherpa [5] CPN (UML) 23 May 201512 October 2015
4 Ananda Pokharel [6] CPN (UML) 5 November 20154 August 2016
5 Jeevan Bahadur Shahi [7] Nepali Congress 26 August 20168 May 2017
6 Jitendra Narayan Dev [8] Nepal Loktantrik Forum 8 May 201714 February 2018
7 Rabindra Prasad Adhikari [9] [10] Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) until 17 May 2018
Nepal Communist Party from 17 May 2018
16 March 201827 February 2019 (Deceased)
8Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli [11] [12] Nepal Communist Party 1 March 201930 July 2019
10 Yogesh Bhattarai [13] Nepal Communist Party 31 July 201920 December 2020
11 Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal CPN (UML) 25 December 20204 June 2021
12 Uma Shankar Aragriya People's Socialist Party, Nepal 4 June 202122 June 2021
13 Lila Nath Shrestha CPN (UML) 24 June 202112 July 2021
14 Prem Ale CPN (Unified Socialist) 8 October 202129 June 2022
15 Jeevan Ram Shrestha CPN (Unified Socialist) 30 June 202226 December 2022
16 Sudan Kirati Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) 17 January 2023

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