Mohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana formed the first government of Nepal after the 1951 democracy movement. The government was formed by the proclamation of King Tribhuvan on 17 February 1951 and incorporated members of the Rana regime and the Nepali Congress. The king retained the right to dissolve the cabinet at any time and the cabinet would be responsible to him and the prime minister was to inform the king of all decisions.
Mohan Shumsher resigned on 12 November 1951 after Nepali Congress ministers in the cabinet resigned after calling the alliance between the two groups "unnatural".
Cabinet
February 1951–May 1951 PortfolioMinisterAffiliationTook officeLeft officePrime Minister Minister of Foreign AffairsShree Shree Shree Maharaja Sir Mohan SJB RanaRana regime17 February 195112 November 1951Minister of DefenceBabar Shamsher J.B.R.Rana regime17 February 195112 November 1951Minister of Home AffairsBishweshwar Prasad KoiralaNepali Congress17 February 195112 November 1951Minister of FinanceSubarna Shamsher J.B.R.Nepali Congress17 February 195112 November 1951Minister for Forest DepartmentChuda Raj Shamsher J.B.R.Rana regime17 February 195110 June 1951Minister for Industry and CommerceGanesh Man SinghNepali Congress17 February 195112 November 1951Minister for EducationNrip Jang RanaRana regime17 February 195112 November 1951Minister for TransportationBhadrakali MishraNepali Congress17 February 195112 November 1951Minister for HealthYagya Bahadur BasnyatRana regime17 February 195112 November 1951Minister for Local Autonomous Administration10 June 1951Minister of Food and AgricultureBharat Mani SharmaNepali Congress17 February 195110 June 1951
May 1951–November 1951 PortfolioMinisterAffiliationTook officeLeft officePrime Minister Minister of Foreign AffairsMohan Shamsher J.B.R.Rana regime17 February 195112 November 1951Minister of Home AffairsBishweshwar Prasad KoiralaNepali Congress17 February 195112 November 1951Minister of FinanceSubarna Shamsher J.B.R.Nepali Congress17 February 195112 November 1951Minister for Local Autonomous AdministrationChuda Raj Shamsher J.B.R.Rana regime10 June 195112 November 1951Minister for Industry and CommerceGanesh Man SinghNepali Congress17 February 195112 November 1951Minister for EducationNrip Jang RanaRana regime17 February 195112 November 1951Minister for TransportationBhadrakali MishraNepali Congress17 February 195112 November 1951Minister for HealthYagya Bahadur BasnyatRana regime17 February 195112 November 1951Minister for Forest DepartmentSingh Shamsher J.B.RRana regime10 June 195112 November 1951Minister of Food and AgricultureSurya Prasad UpadhyayaNepali Congress10 June 195112 November 1951
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