The Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration (Nepali: सङ्घीय मामिला तथा सामान्य प्रशासन मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration of the Government of Nepal. One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister is responsibility for coordination, cooperation, facilitation and monitoring and evaluation of activities undertaken by local governments; regulation and management of the civil service in the country.
The current minister is Pratibha Rawal who took office on 27 March 2026, and she concurrently holds an additional ministerial responsibility.
List of former ministers
#NameTook of office Prime MinisterMinister's Party1Lal Babu Pandit16 March 201820 March 2019KP Sharma OliCPN (UML)2Hridayesh Tripathi 21 November 201925 December 2020PPP-NCPN (UML)3Ganesh Singh Thagunna25 December 20204 June 20214Ganesh Kumar Pahadi10 June 202122 June 20215Lilanath Shrestha24 June 202111 July 2021–Sher Bahadur Deuba13 July 20218 October 2021Sher Bahadur DeubaNepali Congress6Rajendra Prasad Shrestha8 October 202114 October 2022PSP-N–Pushpa Kamal Dahal26 December 202217 January 2023Puspha Kamal DahalCPN (Maoist Centre)7Aman Lal Modi17 January 202314 August 2023CPN (Maoist Centre)8Anita Devi Sah14 August 20234 March 2024Janamat Party–Pushpa Kamal Dahal4 March 20246 March 2024CPN (MC)9Bhanu Bhakta Joshi6 March 202415 July 2024CPN (Unified Socialist)10Raj Kumar Gupta15 July 202415 July 2025 KP Sharma OliCPN (UML)11Bhagwati Neupane15 July 202511 September 2025–Sushila Karki12 September 202522 September 2025 Sushila KarkiIndependent12Rameshwor Prasad Khanal22 September 202527 March 202613Pratibha Rawal27 March 2026Incumbent Balen ShahRastriya Swatantra Party
References
External links Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration of Nepal