The Chief Secretary () is the chief administrative officer and senior–most civil servant of the Government of Nepal. The chief secretary is the head of the Cabinet Secretariat and is the secretary of the cabinet and the constitutional council. The Cabinet Secretary enforces cabinet discipline and coordinates between ministries.

The current Chief Secretary of Nepal is Govinda Bahadur Karki.

List of Chief Secretaries +List of Chief SecretariesNameFromToChandra Bahadur Thapa14 October 195528 June 1959Kul Shekhar Sharma11 April 19667 January 1969Krishna Bam Malla8 January 19699 January 1972Kshetra Bikram Rana10 January 197210 August 1973Pradyumna Lal Rajbhandari11 August 197310 August 1977Krishna Bahadur Manandhar11 August 197710 August 1981Bhogendra Nath Rimal11 August 198110 August 1985Karna Dhoj Adhikary11 August 198510 August 1989Lok Bahadur Shrestha11 August 19891 February 1991Damodar Prasad Gautam3 February 19915 November 1992Madhusudan Prasad Gorkhali6 November 19929 November 1994Dr. Ishwar Prasad Upadhyaya13 November 199411 December 1996Balram Singh Malla12 December 199614 August 1999Tirtha Man Shakya15 August 199914 March 2002Keshav Raj Rajbhandari3 April 200219 September 2002Bimal Koirala21 September 200231 August 2005Lokman Singh Karki19 September 200511 May 2006Mukunda Sharma Paudel4 June 20063 August 2006Dr. Bhoj Raj Ghimire4 August 20065 August 2009Madhav Prasad Ghimire6 August 20095 August 2012Leela Mani Paudyal6 August 20126 August 2015Dr. Som Lal Subedi7 August 201512 July 2017Rajendra Kishor Chhetri13 July 201724 October 2017Lok Darshan Regmi25 October 20171 October 2020 Shanker Das Bairagi1 October 202015 June, 2023Dr. Baikuntha Aryal 15 June 202323 June 2024Lila Devi Gadtaula25 July 202430 August 2024Eaknarayan Aryal30 August 202425 November 2025 Suman Raj Aryal27 November 202509 July 2026Govinda Bahadur Karki10 July 2026Incumbent

See also Government of Nepal

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