Ministry of Home Affairs (Nepal)

Ministry of Home Affairs Nepal is the governmental body of Nepal mainly responsible for delivering critical services to the citizens and maintain security in the nation.[1] The present home minister is Hon. Ram Bahadur Thapa.

Ministry of Home Affairs
Agency overview
MottoPeace and security in the nation and homely services to citizen
Minister responsible
Websitewww.moha.gov.np
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Organisational Structure

The Ministry of Home consists of the following seven Departments.

  • Immigration Department
  • Prison Management Department
  • Police Record Management Department
  • National ID Management Center
  • Armed Police Force
  • Nepal Police
  • National Investigation Department



Former Ministers of Home Affairs

This is a list of former Ministers of Home Affairs since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:

Name Party Assumed Office Left Office
1 Bam Dev Gautam[2]Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)25 February 2014
2 Shakti Bahadur Basnet[3]Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)19 October 2015
3 Bimalendra Nidhi[4]Nepali Congress26 August 201630 April 2017[5]
4 Janardhan Sharma[6]Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)7 June 201717 October 2017
5 Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba[7]Nepali Congress17 October 201715 February 2018
6 Ram Bahadur ThapaCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) until 17 May 2018
Nepal Communist Party from 17 May 2018		26 February 2018

References
  1. http://www.moha.gov.np//en/profile-17.html
  2. "Meet the new cabinet of ministers". Nepali Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  3. "Nepal's Prime Minister KP Oli Expands Cabinet, Inducts 9 New Ministers". NDTV. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  4. "13 new ministers take oath from President". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  5. "DPM Nidhi calls it quits". The Kathmandu Post. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  6. "Sher Bahadur Deuba sworn-in as Nepal's 40th prime minister". Xinhua. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  7. "Council of Ministers". Government of Nepal. Retrieved 1 November 2017.



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