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Jurisdiction | Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal |
Headquarters | Singha Durbar, Kathmandu |
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The Government of Nepal (Nepali: рдиреЗрдкрд╛рд▓ рд╕рд░рдХрд╛рд░) is: theтАФтАФfederal executive authority of Nepal. Prior to the abolition of the Nepali monarchy in 2006 (Nepal became a republic in 2008), it was officially known as His Majesty's Government.
The head of state is the president and the prime minister holds the "position of the head of executive." The role of president is largely ceremonial as the functioning of the government is managed entirely by the prime minister, who is appointed by the Parliament. The heads of constitutional bodies are appointed by the president on the recommendation of Constitutional Council, "with the exception of the attorney general," who is appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister.
HistoryтА╗
Old Bharadari governmentshipтА╗
The character of government in Kingdom of Nepal was driven from consultative state capacity of the previous Gorkha hill principality, known as Bharadar. These Bharadars were not drawn from high caste and "politically influential families." For instance; Thar Ghan aristocratic group in the earlier Gorkha hill principality. Bharadars formed a consultative body in the kingdom for the most important functions of the state as councillors, "ministers and diplomats." There was no one single successful coalition government as court politics were driven from large factional rivalries, consecutive conspiracies and ostracization of opponent Bharadar families through assassination rather than legal expulsion. Another reason was the minority of the reigning King between 1777 and 1847 that led to establishment of anarchial rule. The government was stated to have been controlled by regents, Mukhtiyars and alliance of political faction with strong fundamental support. In the end of the 18th century, the central politics was regularly dominated by two notable political factions: Thapas and Pandes. As per historians and contemporary writer Francis Hamilton, the government of Nepal comprised
- 1 Chautariya
- 4 Kajis
- 4 Sirdar/Sardars
- 2 Subedars
- 1 Khazanchi
- 1 Kapardar.
As for Regmi states, the government of Nepal comprised
- 4 Chautariyas
- 4 Kajis
- 4 Sirdar/Sardars. Later, the number varied after King Rana Bahadur Shah abdicated his throne to minor son in 1799. There were 95 Bharadars as per the copper inscription of King Rana Bahadur Shah.
In 1794, King Rana Bahadur Shah came of age and his first act was to re-constitute the government such that his uncle, Prince Bahadur Shah of Nepal, had no official part to play. Rana Bahadur appointed Kirtiman Singh Basnyat as Chief (Mul) Kaji among the newly appointed four Kajis though Damodar Pande was the most influential Kaji. Kirtiman had succeeded Abhiman Singh Basnyat as Chief Kaji while Prince Bahadur Shah was succeeded as Chief (Mul) Chautariya by Prince Ranodyot Shah, then heir apparent of King Rana Bahadur Shah by a Chhetri Queen Subarna Prabha Devi. Kajis had held the administrative and executive powers of nation after the fall of Chief Chautariya Prince Bahadur Shah in 1794. Later, Kirtiman Singh was secretly assassinated on 28 September 1801, by the supporters of Raj Rajeshwari Devi and his brother Bakhtawar Singh Basnyat, was then given the post of Chief (Mul) Kaji. Later Damodar Pande was appointed by Queen Rajrajeshwari as Chief Kaji. When the exiled abdicated King Rana Bahadur Shah prepared his return in 1804, he arrested many government officials including then Chief Kaji Damodar Pande and sacked the reigning government. He took over the administration of Nepal by assuming the position of Mukhtiyar (chief authority). A new government was constituted with favoring officials. Bhimsen Thapa was made a second kaji; Ranajit Pande, who was the father-in-law of Bhimsen's brother, was made the Mul (Chief) Kaji; Sher Bahadur Shah, Rana Bahadur's half-brother, was made the Mul (Chief) Chautariya; while Rangnath Paudel was made the Raj Guru (royal spiritual preceptor). Later in April 1806, tensions arose between Chief Chautariya Sher Bahadur Shah and Mukhtiyar Rana Bahadur Shah on the night of 25 April 1806 during meeting at Tribhuvan Khawas's house where around 10 pm, Sher Bahadur in desperation drew a sword and killed Rana Bahadur Shah before being cut down by nearby courtiers, Bam Shah and Bal Narsingh Kunwar, also allies of Bhimsen. The assassination of Rana Bahadur Shah triggered a great massacre in Bhandarkhal (a royal garden east of Kathmandu Durbar) and at the bank of Bishnumati river after which Kaji Bhimsen killed 55 senior officials to benefit from the chaos. He was declared Mukhtiyar (Chief Authority) of Nepal and led the new government from a royal mandate of minor King Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah.
Mukhtiyars ruled over the executive and administrative functions of the state until its replacement by British conventional prime minister in 1843 conferred upon then ruling Mukhtiyar Mathabar Singh Thapa.
Ideals of the old Bharadari governmentshipтА╗
The policies of the old Bharadari governments were derived from ancient Hindu texts as Dharmashastra and Manusmriti. The King was considered as an incarnation of Lord Vishnu and was the chief authority over legislative, judiciary and executive functions. The judiciary functions were decided on the principles of Hindu Dharma codes of conduct. The king had full rights to expel any person who offended the country and also pardon the offenders and grant return to the country. The government on practicality was not an absolute monarchy due to the dominance of Nepalese political clans making the Shah monarch a puppet ruler. These basic Hindu templates provide the evidence that Nepal was administered as a Hindu state.
StructureтА╗
Head of StateтА╗
ExecutiveтА╗
- Prime Minister : Pushpa Kamal Dahal
- Chief Secretary : Baikuntha Aryal
LegislativeтА╗
- Speaker of House of Representatives : Dev Raj Ghimire
- Chairman of National Assembly : Narayan Prasad Dahal
JudiciaryтА╗
Government agencies in NepalтА╗
MinistriesтА╗
Current cabinet : Dahal cabinet, 2022
Date of formation : 26 December 2022
S.N. | Ministry | Minister responsible | Website | |
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English | Nepali | |||
1 | Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers | рдкреНрд░рдзрд╛рдирдордиреНрддреНрд░реА рддрдерд╛ рдордиреНрддреНрд░рд┐рдкрд░рд┐рд╖рджреНрдХреЛ рдХрд╛рд░реНрдпрд╛рд▓рдп | Pushpa Kamal Dahal | Official website |
2 | Ministry of Defence | рдЙрдк-рдкреНрд░рдзрд╛рди рдПрд╡рдВ рд░рдХреНрд╖рд╛ рдордиреНрддреНрд░рд╛рд▓рдп | Purna Bahadur Khadka | Official website |
3 | Ministry of Home Affairs | рдЙрдк- рдкреНрд░рдзрд╛рди рдПрд╡рдВ рдЧреГрд╣ рдордиреНрддреНрд░рд╛рд▓рдп | Rabi Lamichhane | Official website |
4 | Ministry of Finance | рдЕрд░реНрде рдордиреНрддреНрд░рд╛рд▓рдп | BarsamanPun (Magar) | Official website |
5 | Ministry of Health and Population | рд╕реНрд╡рд╛рд╕реНрдереНрдп рддрдерд╛ рдЬрдирд╕рдЩреНрдЦреНрдпрд╛ рдордиреНрддреНрд░рд╛рд▓рдп | Mohan Bahadur Basnet | Official website |
6 | Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transportation | рднреМрддрд┐рдХ рдкреВрд░реНрд╡рд╛рдзрд╛рд░ рддрдерд╛ рдпрд╛рддрд╛рдпрд╛рдд рдордиреНрддреНрд░рд╛рд▓рдп | Prakash Jwala | Official website |
7 | Ministry of Information and Communications | рд╕рдЮреНтАНрдЪрд╛рд░ рддрдерд╛ рд╕реВрдЪрдирд╛ рдкреНрд░рд╡рд┐рдзрд┐ рдордиреНрддреНрд░рд╛рд▓рдп | Rekha Sharma | Official website Archived 2023-04-13 at the Wayback Machine |
8 | Ministry of Urban Development | рд╕рд╣рд░реА рд╡рд┐рдХрд╛рд╕ рдордиреНрддреНрд░рд╛рд▓рдп | Sita Gurung | Official website |
9 | Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development | рдХреГрд╖рд┐ рддрдерд╛ рдкрд╢реБрдкрдВрдХреНрд╖реА рд╡рд┐рдХрд╛рд╕ рдордиреНрддреНрд░рд╛рд▓рдп | Dr. Beduram Bhusal | Official website |
10 | Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies | рдЙрджреНрдпреЛрдЧ, рд╡рд╛рдгрд┐рдЬреНрдп рддрдерд╛ рдЖрдкреВрд░реНрддрд┐ рдордиреНрддреНрд░рд╛рд▓рдп | Ramesh Rijal | Official website |
11 | Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation | рднреВрдорд┐ рд╡реНрдпрд╡рд╕реНрдерд╛, рд╕рд╣рдХрд╛рд░реА рддрдерд╛ рдЧрд░рд┐рдмреА рдирд┐рд╡рд╛рд░рдг рдордиреНрддреНрд░рд╛рд▓рдп | Ranjita Shrestha | Official website |
12 | Ministry of Water Supply | рдЦрд╛рдиреЗрдкрд╛рдиреА рдордиреНрддреНрд░рд╛рд▓рдп | Mahendra Raya Yadav | Official website Archived 2023-01-17 at the Wayback Machine |
13 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs | рдкрд░рд░рд╛рд╖реНрдЯреНрд░ рдордиреНрддреНрд░рд╛рд▓рдп | Narayan kaji shreshtha | Official website |
14 | Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizen | рдорд╣рд┐рд▓рд╛, рдмрд╛рд▓рдмрд╛рд▓рд┐рдХрд╛ рддрдерд╛ рдЬреНрдпреЗрд╖реНрда рдирд╛рдЧрд░рд┐рдХ рдордиреНрддреНрд░рд╛рд▓рдп | Surendra Raj Acharya | Official website |
15 | Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigatio | рдЙрд░реНрдЬрд╛, рдЬрд▓рд╢реНрд░реЛрдд рддрдерд╛ рд╕рд┐рдБрдЪрд╛рдЗ рдордиреНрддреНрд░рд╛рд▓рдп | Sakti Bahadur Basnet | Official website |
16 | Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation | рд╕рдВрд╕реНрдХреГрддрд┐, рдкрд░реНрдпрдЯрди рддрдерд╛ рдирд╛рдЧрд░рд┐рдХ рдЙрдбреНрдбрдпрди рдордиреНрддреНрд░рд╛рд▓рдп | Hit Bahadur Tamang | Official website |
17 | Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration | рд╕рдЩреНрдШреАрдп рдорд╛рдорд┐рд▓рд╛ рддрдерд╛ рд╕рд╛рдорд╛рдиреНрдп рдкреНрд░рд╢рд╛рд╕рди рдордиреНрддреНрд░рд╛рд▓рдп | Anita Devi | Official website |
18 | Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs | рдХрд╛рдиреБрди, рдиреНрдпрд╛рдп рддрдерд╛ рд╕рдВрд╕рджреАрдп рдорд╛рдорд┐рд▓рд╛ рдордиреНрддреНрд░рд╛рд▓рдп | Dhanraj Gurung | Official website |
19 | Ministry of Forests and Environment | рд╡рди рддрдерд╛ рд╡рд╛рддрд╛рд╡рд░рдг рдордиреНрддреНрд░рд╛рд▓рдп | Birendra Prasad Mahatho | Official website |
20 | Ministry of Youth and Sports | рдпреБрд╡рд╛ рддрдерд╛ рдЦреЗрд▓рдХреБрдж рдордиреНрддреНрд░рд╛рд▓рдп | Dig Bahadur Limbu | Official website |
21 | Ministry of Education, Science and Technology | рд╢рд┐рдХреНрд╖рд╛, рд╡рд┐рдЬреНрдЮрд╛рди рддрдерд╛ рдкреНрд░рд╡рд┐рдзрд┐ рдордиреНрддреНрд░рд╛рд▓рдп | Sumana Shrestha | Official website |
22 | Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security | рд╢реНрд░рдо, рд░реЛрдЬрдЧрд╛рд░ рддрдерд╛ рд╕рд╛рдорд╛рдЬрд┐рдХ рд╕реБрд░рдХреНрд╖рд╛ рдордиреНрддреНрд░рд╛рд▓рдп | Sarad Singh Bhandari | Official website |
Constitutional bodiesтА╗
Constitutional body | Head of constitutional body | |
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Position/Title | Name | |
Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority | Chief Commissioner | Prem Kumar Rai |
Office of The Attorney General | Attorney General | Dinmani Pokharel |
Office of the Auditor General | Auditor General | Tanka Mani Sharma (Dangal) |
Election Commission | Chief Election Commission | Dinesh Thapaliya |
Public Service Commission | Chairman | Madhav Prasad Regmi |
National Women Commission | Chairperson | Kamala Kumari Parajuli |
National Human Rights Commission | Chairman | Top Bahadur Magar |
National Natural Resources and Fiscal Commission | Chairman | Balananda Poudel |
Security servicesтА╗
Security Service | Head of agency | |
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Position/Title | Current Head | |
Nepal Army | Chief of Army Staff (рдкреНрд░рдзрд╛рди рд╕реЗрдирд╛рдкрддрд┐) | Gen. Prabhu Ram Sharma |
Nepal Police | Inspector General (рдкреНрд░рд╣рд░реА рдорд╣рд╛рдирд┐рд░реАрдХреНрд╖рдХ) | Basanta Bahadur Kunwar |
Armed Police Force | Inspector General (рд╕рд╢рд╕реНрддреНрд░ рдкреНрд░рд╣рд░реА рдорд╣рд╛рдирд┐рд░реАрдХреНрд╖рдХ) | Raju Aryal |
National Investigation Department | Chief Investigation Director | Hutaraj Thapa |
International organisation participationтА╗
United Nations, UNDP Nepal, SAARC, ESCAP, FAO, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IMF, IMO, Interpol, UNCTAD, UNESCO, WHO, WTO, BIMSTEC.
See alsoтА╗
NotesтА╗
ReferencesтА╗
- ^ Pradhan 2012, p. 8.
- ^ Pradhan 2012, p. 9.
- ^ Acharya 2012, p. 14.
- ^ Pradhan 2012, p. 12.
- ^ Karmacharya 2005, p. 56.
- ^ Acharya 2012, p. 34.
- ^ Acharya 2012, p. 35.
- ^ Pradhan 2012, p. 14.
- ^ Acharya 2012, p. 54.
- ^ Nepal 2007, p. 57.
- ^ Pradhan 2012, p. 15.
- ^ Nepal 2007, p. 58.
- ^ Acharya 2012, p. 55.
- ^ Acharya 2012, pp. 64тАУ66.
- ^ Nepal 2007, p. 62.
- ^ Acharya 2012, p. 67.
- ^ Nepal 2007, pp. 62тАУ63.
- ^ Acharya 2012, pp. 68тАУ71.
- ^ Nepal 2007, pp. 63тАУ64.
- ^ Pradhan 2012, p. 16.
- ^ Acharya 2012, p. 71.
- ^ Kandel, Devi Prasad (2011). Pre-Rana Administrative System. Chitwan: Siddhababa Offset Press. p. 95.
- ^ Pradhan 2012, p. 7.
- ^ "Ghimire elected Speaker of the House of Representatives". The Kathmandu Post. January 19, 2023. Archived from the original on Jan 22, 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ^ "Timilsina officially elected as NA chairperson". The Kathmandu Post. Mar 14, 2018. Archived from the original on Jul 30, 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ "Dahal sworn in as prime minister". The Kathmandu Post. Dec 26, 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
Works citedтА╗
- Acharya, Baburam (2012), Acharya, Shri Krishna (ed.), Janaral Bhimsen Thapa : Yinko Utthan Tatha Pattan (in Nepali), Kathmandu: Education Book House, p. 228, ISBN 9789937241748
- Karmacharya, Ganga (2005), Queens in Nepalese Politics: an account of roles of Nepalese queens in state affairs, 1775-1846, Nepal: Educational Publishing House, ISBN 9789994633937
- Nepal, Gyanmani (2007), Nepal ko Mahabharat (in Nepali) (3rd ed.), Kathmandu: Sajha, p. 314, ISBN 9789993325857
- Pradhan, Kumar L. (2012), Thapa Politics in Nepal: With Special Reference to Bhim Sen Thapa, 1806тАУ1839, New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, p. 278, ISBN 9788180698132
External linksтА╗
- Official website (archived 5 October 2017)