The first Dahal cabinet was formed on 18 August 2008 following the 2008 Constituent Assembly election. CPN (Maoist) leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal was appointed as prime minister and his coalition government was supported by CPN (UML), Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Sadbhavana Party, Janamorcha Nepal and CPN (United). The cabin was expanded with the inclusion of two ministers on 25 March 2009.
After unsuccessfully trying to remove Chief of the Nepalese Army Rookmangud Katawal, Dahal lost support of his biggest coalition partner CPN (UML) and resigned on 4 May 2009. He was replaced by Madhav Kumar Nepal on 25 May 2009.
Election of the Prime Minister +Constituent AssemblyCandidate's Name Party Votes Pushpa Kamal DahalCPN (Maoist)Sher Bahadur DeubaNepali CongressSource:
Cabinet S.N.PortfolioMinisterPartyAssumed office Left officeCabinet ministers 1Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 18 August 2008 25 May 2008Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare25 March 2009 2Deputy Prime Minister Bam Dev Gautam 18 August 2008 25 May 2009Minister for Home Affairs 3 Minister for Finance Baburam Bhattarai 22 August 2008 25 May 2009 4 Minister for Foreign Affairs Upendra Yadav 22 August 2008 25 May 2009 5Minister for Defence Ram Bahadur Thapa 22 August 2008 25 May 2009 6Minister for Physical Planning and Works Bijay Kumar Gachhadar 22 August 2008 25 May 2009 7Minister for Water Resources Bishnu Prasad Paudel 18 August 2008 25 May 2009 8Minister for Information and Communication Krishna Bahadur Mahara 22 August 2008 25 May 2009 9Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives Jay Prakash Gupta 22 August 2008 25 May 2009 10Minister for Industry Astalaxmi Shakya 18 August 2008 25 May 2009 11Minister for Law, Justice and Constituent Assembly Dev Gurung 22 August 2008 25 May 2009 12Minister for Commerce and Supplies Rajendra Mahato 18 August 2008 25 May 2009 13 Minister of Land Reform and Management Matrika Yadav 31 August 2008 25 March 2009Mahendra Paswan 25 March 2009 25 May 2009 14Minister for Minister of Youth and Sports Gopal Shakya 18 August 2008 25 May 2009 15Minister for General Administration Pampha Bhusal 31 August 2008 25 May 2009 16Minister for Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Hisila Yami 31 August 2008 25 May 2009 17Minister for Minister for Health and PopulationGiriraj Mani Pokharel 22 August 2008 25 May 2009 18Minister for Education Renu Kumari Yadav 22 August 2008 25 May 2009 19Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation Kiran Gurung 31 August 2008 25 May 2009 20Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Janardhan Sharma 31 August 2008 25 May 2009 21Minister for Culture and State Restructuring Gopal Kirati 31 August 2008 25 May 2009 22Minister for Local Development Ram Chandra Jha 31 August 2008 25 May 2009 23Minister for Labour and Transport Lekh Raj Bhatta 31 August 2008 25 May 2009 24Minister for Science and Technology Ganesh Shah 31 August 2008 25 May 2009 25 Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Ramcharan Chaudhari (Tharu) 25 March 2009 25 May 2009
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