Here is the short bio of the ministers and state ministers:
Rajendra Lingden, DPM and Minister for Energy and Water Resources
Lingden, chair of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, was elected to the House of Representatives in Nov 20 elections from Jhapa constituency-3. Lingden has been with the RPP throughout his political journey.
Rekha Sharma, Minister for Communication and Information Technology
Sharma from the Maoist party got elected from Dang-2, succeeding Krishna Bahadur Mahara in the constituency. She had started political career as a college student leader. In the Nov 20 elections, she garnered 26,880 votes, leaving behind her closest contestant, CPN-UML leader Shankar Pokharel.
Aman Lal Modi, Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration
A Maoist leader now in his late 30’s, Modi has become a Member of Parliament twice. He started his political career from school life and remained much active in student politics during college days at the Mahendra Morang Campus. Modi got elected from Morang-4 in the Nov 20 elections.
Sudan Kirati, Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation
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Kirati joined politics by taking part in the 1990’s revolution. He has served as central member of the Kirati Rastriya Morcha, chair of the Maoist Center’s Bhojpur district chapter and central member of the Nepal Communist Party formed after the merger of the UML and the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led Maoist party. This is Kirati’s second tenure as MP. This time, he got elected from Bhojpur-1 with 28,558 votes.
Sushila Sirpali, Minister of State for Physical Infrastructure
Sirpali has served as a member of the National Dalit Commission. She is the only Dalit candidate in the cabinet.
Bimala Rai Paudyal, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Bimala Rai Paudyal is a Member of the National Assembly of the House of Representatives. She holds a PhD in Development Studies from the Institute of Social Studies, the Hague; an MA in Economics and Management of Rural Development and Post-Graduate Diploma in Development Administration from the Manchester University (UK); and a BSc in Agriculture Economics from the Tribhuvan University. Paudyal has also served as a member of the National Planning Commission.
Padam Giri, Minister for Health and Population
Giri, a communist politician, started his political career from the grassroots and became a member of the student union, Prithvi Narayan Campus. He has obtained a Master's degree in Sociology and also served as a member of the Parliamentary Committee for Law, Justice and Human Rights. He was a Gandaki Province Committee member of the Nepal Communist Party in 2018. Giri won the Nov 20 elections from Parvat-1.
Bhagwati Chaudhary, Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare
Bhagwati Chaudhary entered politics after getting CPN-UML membership 31 years ago. A Sunsari district committee member of the party, she later became zonal committee member of the party. She became a central committee member of the party and served as state minister for forests for about six months in 2011. Chaudhary got elected from Sundari-3.
Hari Upreti, Minister for Defense
Hari Prasad Upreti won the elections from Sarlahi-3. Having been in politics since his college days, Upreti got membership of the party and entered active politics in 1989. He was also elected in the second parliamentary elections and has also worked as a member of the environmental committee in the parliament.
Bikram Pandey, Minister for Urban Development
Bikram Pandey won the Nov 20 elections from Chitwan-3. He started his political career from Chitwan, as an RPP activist. Pandey is now the central vice-president of the party.
Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan, Minister for Law
Dhurba Bahadur Pradhan represents the RPP. He won the election for the HoR from Nawalparasi-2, defeating Congress candidate Devendra Raj Kandel by a margin of 19,595 votes.
Deepak Bahadur Singh, Minister of State for Energy
Deepak Bahadur Singh defeated Kamal Thapa in his Makwanpur-1 constituency in the Nov 20 elections. Singh, born in Dhankuta, started his political career at the age of 24 and went on to become a mayor of Hetauda before becoming a lawmaker. Singh is also an entrepreneur.
Sishir Khanal, Minister for Education
Shisir Khanal, Co-Founder of Teach for Nepal, served as the Board Chair of TFN from 2019-2020. He is also the co-founder of Pick n Drop logistics services. Khanal served as the CEO of Teach for Nepal from 2012-2019. Khanal obtained his Master’s degree in International Public Affairs (MIPA) from the La Follette School of Public Affairs in 2005 and has a bachelor’s degree in International Political Economy from the University of Bridgeport. He was also an Education Advisor to the Tulsipur Su-Metropolitan City, Dang. He was elected from Kathmandu-6.
Dol Prasad Aryal, Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security
Dol Prasad Aryal is vice-chairman of RSP. He was elected as a lawmaker under the proportional representation system, representing the Khas people.
Toshima Karki, Minister of State for Health
A surgeon by profession, Toshima Karki was elected to the HoR from Lalitpur-3 as an RSP candidate. She was also a member of the Medical Council.
