The Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (Nepali: संस्कृति, पर्यटन तथा नागरिक उड्डयन मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation of the Government of Nepal. One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister is responsibility for promoting tourism, culture and private sector involvement in Nepal. The Minister is assisted by the Minister of State for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and the junior Deputy Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.
The current minister is Khadak Raj Paudel who took office on 27 March 2026.
List of 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 2008:
PortraitMinisterTook officeLeft officePartyGovernment Prime Minister Ref Hisila YamiAugust 18, 2008May 25, 2009Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)Dahal IPushpa Kamal Dahal« Prachanda elected PM with 464 votes » (15 August 2008), sur le site nepalnews.com.« Ministers of Democratic Federal Republic of Nepal ». Sharat Singh BhandariMay 25, 2009February 6, 2011Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)NepalMadhav Kumar NepalKhadga Bahadur BishwakarmaMay 4, 2011August 29, 2011KhanalJhala Nath Khanal Ram Kumar ShresthaMarch 18, 2013February 11, 2014IndependentRegmiKhil Raj RegmiBhim AcharyaFebruary 25, 2014September 13, 2014Nepali CongressKoiralaSushil Koirala Deepak Chandra AmatyaSeptember 14, 2014May 22, 2015 Kripasur SherpaMay 23, 2015October 12, 2015 Ananda Pokharel November 5, 2015August 4, 2016Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Oli IKP Sharma Oli
Jeevan Bahadur ShahiAugust 26, 2016May 8, 2017Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)Dahal IIPushpa Kamal Dahal Jitendra Narayan DevMay 8, 2017May 31, 2017 July 26, 2017February 15, 2018Nepali CongressDeuba IVSher Bahadur DeubaRabindra Prasad AdhikariMarch 16, 2018 February 27, 2019Nepal Communist PartyOli IIKP Sharma OliKP Sharma OliMarch 1, 2019July 30, 2019Yogesh BhattaraiJuly 31, 2019 December 20, 2020Bhanu Bhakta DhakalDecember 25, 2020 June 4, 2021Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Uma Shankar AragriyaJune 4, 2021 June 22, 2021Lila Nath ShresthaJune 24, 2021July 12, 2021 Prem AleOctober 8, 2021 June 28, 2022Nepali CongressDeuba VSher Bahadur DeubaJeevan Ram ShresthaJune 30, 2022 December 26, 2022Sudan KiratiJanuary 17, 2023March 4, 2024Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)Dahal IIIPushpa Kamal DahalHit Bahadur Tamang March 4, 202415 July 2024Badri Prasad Pandey16 July 202412 September 2025Nepali CongressOli IVKP Sharma OliAnil Kumar Sinha 22 December 202527 March 2026IndependentKarki Interim CabinetSushila Karki Khadak Raj Paudel27 March, 2026IncumbentRastriya Swatantra PartyBalen Shah CabinetBalendra Shah
References
External links Official Website of Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation