Third Chand cabinet

Third Chand cabinet
Cabinet of Nepal
March 1997–October 1997
Lokendra Bahadur Chand
Date formed	12 March 1997 (1997-03-12)
Date dissolved	6 October 1997 (1997-10-06)
People and organisations
Monarch	King Birendra
Prime Minister	Lokendra Bahadur Chand
Deputy Prime Minister	Bam Dev Gautam
Total no. of members	43 appointments
Member parties	CPN (UML)   Rastriya Prajatantra Party   Nepal Sadbhawana Party   Independent
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition) 114 / 205 (56%)
Opposition party	Nepali Congress
Opposition leaders	Sher Bahadur Deuba
History
Election	1994
Legislature terms	1994–1999
Predecessor	First Deuba cabinet
Successor	Fourth Thapa cabinet

The third Chanda cabinet was formed on 12 March 1997, after the biggest party in the House of Representatives, CPN (UML) supported Rastriya Prajatantra Party leader Lokendra Bahadur Chand as the prime minister. ^[1] The cabinet was expanded on 25 March 1997, 30 June 1997 and 29 August 1997. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

After losing a no-confidence motion on 4 October 1997, the cabinet was dissolved two days later when Surya Bahadur Thapa was appointed prime minister.

Cabinet

March–June 1997

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Took office	Left office
Prime Minister of Nepal Minister for Palace Affairs Minister for Defence	Lokendra Bahadur Chand		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Home Affairs	Bam Dev Gautam		CPN (UML)	12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Finance	Rabindra Nath Sharma		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Forests and Environment	Sahana Pradhan		CPN (UML)	12 March 1997	25 March 1997
Minister for Women and Social Welfare				25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Information and Communications	Jhala Nath Khanal		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Local Development	Amrit Kumar Bohara		CPN (UML)	12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Construction and Transportation	Bharat Mohan Adhikari		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Health	Radha Krishna Mainali		CPN (UML)	12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Prakash Chandra Lohani		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	25 March 1997	8 June 1997
Minister for General Administration	Siddhi Lal Singh		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Housing and Physical Infrastructure	Kamal Thapa		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Supplies	Gajendra Narayan Singh		Nepal Sadbhawana Party	12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Science and Technology				12 March 1997	25 March 1997
Minister for Commerce	Budhhiman Tamang		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Labour	Mukunda Neupane		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs	Ashok Kumar Rai		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Industry	Keshav Prasad Badal		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Youth, Sports and Culture	Bishnu Prasad Paudel		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation	Salim Miya Ansari		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister without portfolio	Bhim Bahadur Kathayat		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Law and Justice	Prem Bahadur Singh		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Education	Devi Prasad Ojha		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Agriculture	Ram Krishna Acharya		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Population and Environment	Bidya Devi Bhandari		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Law and Justice Minister for Women and Social Welfare	Rameshwar Raya Yadav		Nepal Sadbhawana Party	12 March 1997	25 March 1997
Minister for Forests and Land Conservation				25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister without portfolio	Sarbendra Nath Shukla		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	25 March 1997	29 August 1997
Ministers of State
Minister of State for Information and Communications	Rakam Chemjong		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Health	Bharat Kumar Pradhan		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Agriculture	Prem Bahadur Bhandari		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	25 March 1997	29 August 1997
Minister of State for Water Supply	Rajiv Parajuli		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	25 March 1997	29 August 1997
Minister of State for Industry	Tul Bahadur Gurung		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Education	Bhojraj Joshi		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Local Development	Mahesh Chaudhary		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Construction and Transportation	Mahindra Ray Yadav		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Housing and Physical Infrastructure	Khobari Raya Yadav		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	25 March 1997	6 October 1997

June–August 1997

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Took office	Left office
Prime Minister of Nepal Minister for Palace Affairs Minister for Defence	Lokendra Bahadur Chand		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Home Affairs	Bam Dev Gautam		CPN (UML)	12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Finance	Rabindra Nath Sharma		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Women and Social Welfare	Sahana Pradhan		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Information and Communications	Jhala Nath Khanal		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Local Development	Amrit Kumar Bohara		CPN (UML)	12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Construction and Transportation	Bharat Mohan Adhikari		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Health	Radha Krishna Mainali		CPN (UML)	12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for General Administration	Siddhi Lal Singh		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Housing and Physical Infrastructure	Kamal Thapa		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	25 March 1997	29 August 1997
Minister for Foreign Affairs				8 June 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Supplies	Gajendra Narayan Singh		Nepal Sadbhawana Party	12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Commerce	Budhhiman Tamang		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	25 March 1997	29 August 1997
Minister for Land Reform and Management				8 June 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Labour	Mukunda Neupane		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs	Ashok Kumar Rai		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Industry	Keshav Prasad Badal		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Youth, Sports and Culture	Bishnu Prasad Paudel		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation	Salim Miya Ansari		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister without portfolio	Bhim Bahadur Kathayat		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Law and Justice	Prem Bahadur Singh		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	27 June 1997
				30 June 1997 [5]	6 October 1997
Minister for Education	Devi Prasad Ojha		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Agriculture	Ram Krishna Acharya		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Population and Environment	Bidya Devi Bhandari		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Law and Justice Minister for Women and Social Welfare	Rameshwar Raya Yadav		Nepal Sadbhawana Party	12 March 1997	25 March 1997
Minister for Forests and Land Conservation				25 March 1997	27 June 1997
				30 June 1997 [5]	6 October 1997
Minister without portfolio	Sarbendra Nath Shukla		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	25 March 1997	29 August 1997
Ministers of State
Minister of State for Information and Communications	Rakam Chemjong		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Health	Bharat Kumar Pradhan		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	27 June 1997
				30 June 1997 [5]	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Agriculture	Prem Bahadur Bhandari		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	25 March 1997	29 August 1997
Minister of State for Water Supply	Rajiv Parajuli		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	25 March 1997	29 August 1997
Minister of State for Industry	Tul Bahadur Gurung		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Education	Bhojraj Joshi		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Local Development	Mahesh Chaudhary		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	27 June 1997
				30 June 1997 [5]	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Construction and Transportation	Mahindra Ray Yadav		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Housing and Physical Infrastructure	Khobari Raya Yadav		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Land Reform and Management	Mahendra Raya		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	8 June 1997	29 August 1997
Minister of State for Commerce	Jyotendra Mohan Chaudhary		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	8 June 1997	29 August 1997
Minister of State for Science and Technology	Mirza Dilshad Beg		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	8 June 1997	29 August 1997

August–October 1997

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Took office	Left office
Prime Minister of Nepal Minister for Palace Affairs Minister for Defence	Lokendra Bahadur Chand		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Home Affairs	Bam Dev Gautam		CPN (UML)	12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Finance	Rabindra Nath Sharma		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Women and Social Welfare	Sahana Pradhan		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Information and Communications	Jhala Nath Khanal		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Local Development	Amrit Kumar Bohara		CPN (UML)	12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Construction and Transportation	Bharat Mohan Adhikari		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Law and Justice				22 September 1997 [6]	6 October 1997
Minister for Health	Radha Krishna Mainali		CPN (UML)	12 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for General Administration	Siddhi Lal Singh		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Housing and Physical Infrastructure	Balaram Gharti Magar		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	29 August 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Kamal Thapa		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	8 June 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Supplies	Gajendra Narayan Singh		Nepal Sadbhawana Party	12 March 1997	22 September 1997
Minister without portfolio				22 September 1997 [6]	26 September 1997 [7]
Minister for Land Reform and Management	Budhhiman Tamang		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	8 June 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Labour	Mukunda Neupane		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs	Ashok Kumar Rai		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Industry	Keshav Prasad Badal		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Youth, Sports and Culture	Bishnu Prasad Paudel		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation	Salim Miya Ansari		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister without portfolio	Bhim Bahadur Kathayat		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Law and Justice	Prem Bahadur Singh		CPN (UML)	30 June 1997	22 September 1997
Minister for Education	Devi Prasad Ojha		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Agriculture	Ram Krishna Acharya		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Population and Environment	Bidya Devi Bhandari		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Forests and Land Conservation	Rameshwar Raya Yadav		Nepal Sadbhawana Party	30 June 1997	11 September 1997 [8]
	Hridayesh Tripathi		Nepal Sadbhawana Party	11 September 1997 [8]	6 October 1997
Minister for Commerce	Sarbendra Nath Shukla		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	29 August 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Science and Technology	Prem Bahadur Bhandari		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	29 August 1997	6 October 1997
Minister without portfolio	Rajiv Parajuli		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	29 August 1997	6 October 1997
Minister for Supplies	Moti Prasad Pahadi		Independent	22 September 1997 [6]	6 October 1997
Ministers of State
Minister of State for Information and Communications	Rakam Chemjong		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Health	Bharat Kumar Pradhan		CPN (UML)	30 June 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Industry	Tul Bahadur Gurung		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Education	Bhojraj Joshi		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Local Development	Mahesh Chaudhary		CPN (UML)	30 June 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Construction and Transportation	Mahindra Ray Yadav		CPN (UML)	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Agriculture	Jyotendra Mohan Chaudhary		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	29 August 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Housing and Physical Infrastructure	Khobari Raya Yadav		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	25 March 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Land Reform and Management	Mirza Dilshad Beg		Rastriya Prajatantra Party	29 August 1997	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Supplies	Palten Gurung		Independent	22 September 1997 [6]	6 October 1997
Minister of State for Forests and Land Conservation	Naresh Bahadur Singh		Independent	22 September 1997 [6]	6 October 1997

References

1. लोकेन्द्रबहादुर चन्दको सीफारीशमा मन्त्रीपरिषद् गठन गरी कार्य बिभाजन [Council of ministers formed and portfolios assigned on the recommendation of Lokendra Bahadur Chand] (Report) (in Nepali). Nepal Gazette. 12 March 1997.
2. लोकेन्द्बहादुरको अध्यक्षतामा प्रधानमन्त्रीको कार्य बिभाजन गरेको [Portfolio divided under the chairmanship of Lokendra Bahadur Chand] (Report) (in Nepali). Nepal Gazette. 8 June 1997.
3. राजदरबारको बिज्ञप्ति [Notice from the Royal Palace] (Report) (in Nepali). Nepal Gazette. 29 August 1997.
4. मर्यादाक्रममा हेरफेर गरेको [Change in order of precedence] (Report) (in Nepali). Nepal Gazette. 25 March 1997.
5. मन्त्री तथा राज्य मन्त्री पदमा कार्य बिभाजन गरेको [Portfolio assignment of Ministers and State Ministers] (Report) (in Nepali). Nepal Gazette. 30 June 1997.
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8. भू संरक्षण मन्त्रालयको कार्यभार हूदयेश त्रिपाठीले सम्हाल्नू भएको [Hridayesh Tripathi to take over responsibility of Ministry of Land Conservation] (Report) (in Nepali). Nepal Gazette. 11 September 1997.