The chief minister of the Bagmati Province is the head of government of Bagmati Province. The chief minister is appointed by the governor of the province according to Article 167 of the Constitution of Nepal. The chief minister remains in office for five years or until the provincial assembly is dissolved, and is subject to no term limits, given that they have the confidence of the assembly.
The current chief minister is Kiran Thapa Magar of the CPN (UML), in office since 20 August 2026.
Qualification The Constitution of Nepal sets the qualifications required to become eligible for the office of chief minister. A chief minister must meet the qualifications to become a member of the provincial assembly.
A member of the provincial assembly must be:
a citizen of Nepal a voter of the concerned province of 25 years of age or more not convicted of any criminal offense not disqualified by any law not holding any office of profit
In addition to this, the chief minister must be the parliamentary party leader of the party with the majority seats in the provincial assembly. If no party has a majority, the chief minister must have a majority in the assembly with the support from other parties. If within thirty days of the election, a chief minister is not appointed as such, or fails to obtain a vote of confidence from the assembly, the parliamentary party leader of the party with the most seats in the assembly is appointed chief minister. If the chief minister such appointed fails to obtain a vote of confidence in the assembly, any assembly member who can command a majority in the floor, irrespective of party allegiance, is appointed chief minister. If this chief minister also fails to obtain a vote of confidence, the governor dissolves the assembly and fresh elections are called.
List of chief ministers of Bagmati province Portrait Name Term of office Assembly Party Cabinet Assumed office Left office Time in office 1 Dormani Poudel 11 February 2018 18 August 2021 1stCPN (UML) Poudel 2 Astalaxmi Shakya 18 August 2021 27 October 2021 Shakya 3 Rajendra Prasad Pandey 27 October 2021 23 December 2022 CPN (Unified Socialist) Pandey 4 Shalikram Jamkattel 10 January 2023 22 July 2024 2nd CPN (Maoist Centre) Jamkattel 5 Bahadur Singh Lama 24 July 2024 4 August 2025 Nepali Congress Lama 6 Indra Bahadur Baniya 5 August 2025 17 August 2026 Baniya 7 Kiran Thapa Magar 20 August 2026 Incumbent CPN (UML) Thapa Magar
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