Fourth Surya Bahadur Thapa cabinet

The fourth Surya Bahadur Thapa cabinet was formed on 7 October 1997. Surya Bahadur Thapa of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party was appointed as the prime minister by King Birendra after he was supported by Nepali Congress, Nepal Sadbhawana Party and some independents. The cabinet was expanded on 27 October 1997 and was reshuffled on 3 December 1997.

After losing a no-confidence motion, his government was disbanded on 12 April 1998 after the appointment of Girija Prasad Koirala as prime minister.

Cabinet

October–December 1997 PortfolioMinisterPartyTook officeLeft officePrime Minister of NepalMinister for Palace AffairsSurya Bahadur Thapa7 October 199712 April 1998Minister for Construction and TransportationBalaram Gharti Magar27 October 19973 December 1997Minister for IndustryFateh Singh Tharu27 October 19973 December 1997Minister for FinanceRabindra Nath Sharma7 October 199712 April 1998Minister for Water SupplyPashupati S.J.B. Rana7 October 199712 April 1998Minister for Housing and Physical PlanningMinister for Land Reform and ManagementMinister for CommerceMinister for Science and TechnologyPrakash Chandra Lohani7 October 19973 December 1997Minister for Foreign AffairsKamal Thapa7 October 199712 April 1998Minister for Agriculture7 October 19973 December 1997Minister for Local DevelopmentGajendra Narayan Singh7 October 199712 April 1998Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation7 October 199727 October 1997Minister for Home AffairsBudhhiman Tamang27 October 19973 December 1997Minister without portfolioRam Krishna Acharya27 October 199712 April 1998Minister for Youth, Sports and CultureSharat Singh Bhandari27 October 199712 April 1998Minister for SuppliesMoti Prasad Pahadi27 October 199712 April 1998Minister for Information and CommunicationsSarbendra Nath Shukla27 October 19973 December 1997Minister without portfolioRajiv Parajuli27 October 19973 December 1997Minister without portfolioRam Vilas Yadav27 October 19973 December 1997Minister for HealthShanti Shamsher Rana27 October 19973 December 1997Minister without portfolioMahendra Raya27 October 199712 April 1998Minister for Forests and Soil ConservationHridayesh Tripathi27 October 199712 April 1998Ministers of StateMinister of State for Population and EnvironmentPalten Gurung27 October 19973 December 1997Minister of State for Home AffairsBishnu Bikram Thapa27 October 19973 December 1997Minister of State for Forests and Soil ConservationBhakta Bahadur Rokaya27 October 19973 December 1997Minister of State for CommerceMirza Dilshad Beg27 October 19973 December 1997Minister of State for Youth, Sports and CultureNaresh Bahadur Singh27 October 199712 April 1998

December 1997–April 1998 PortfolioMinisterPartyTook officeLeft officePrime Minister of NepalMinister for Palace AffairsSurya Bahadur Thapa7 October 199712 April 1998Minister for Home AffairsKhum Bahadur Khadka3 December 199712 April 1998Minister for FinanceRabindra Nath Sharma7 October 199712 April 1998Minister for Housing and Physical PlanningBalaram Gharti Magar3 December 199712 April 1998Minister for Water SupplyPashupati S.J.B. Rana7 October 199712 April 1998Minister for AgriculturePrakash Chandra Lohani3 December 199712 April 1998Minister for Construction and TransportationBijay Kumar Gachhadar3 December 199712 April 1998Minister for DefenceFateh Singh Tharu3 December 199712 April 1998Minister for Foreign AffairsKamal Thapa7 October 199712 April 1998Minister for Local DevelopmentGajendra Narayan Singh7 October 199712 April 1998Minister for Land Reform and ManagementBudhhiman Tamang3 December 199712 April 1998Minister for Population and EnvironmentPrakash Man Singh3 December 199712 April 1998Minister without portfolioRam Krishna Acharya27 October 199712 April 1998Minister for Youth, Sports and CultureSharat Singh Bhandari27 October 199712 April 1998Minister for SuppliesMoti Prasad Pahadi27 October 199712 April 1998Minister for the Office of the Prime MinisterSarbendra Nath Shukla3 December 199712 April 1998Minister without portfolioPrem Bahadur Bhandari3 December 199712 April 1998Minister for Science and TechnologyRajiv Parajuli3 December 199712 April 1998Minister for CommerceRam Vilas Yadav3 December 199712 April 1998Minister without portfolioShanti Shamsher Rana3 December 199712 April 1998Minister without portfolioMahendra Raya27 October 199712 April 1998Minister for Forests and Soil ConservationHridayesh Tripathi27 October 199712 April 1998Minister for Information and CommunicationsMahantha Thakur3 December 199712 April 1998Minister for Law and JusticeSiddha Raj Ojha3 December 199712 April 1998Minister for LabourPalten Gurung3 December 199712 April 1998Minister for EducationKul Bahadur Gurung3 December 199712 April 1998Minister for HealthBipin Koirala3 December 199712 April 1998Ministers of StateMinister of State for IndustryPadma Narayan Chaudhary3 December 199712 April 1998Minister of State for General AdministrationShiva Raj Subedi3 December 199712 April 1998Minister of State for Women and Social WelfareMeena Pandey3 December 199712 April 1998Minister of State for Parliamentary AffairsMani Lama3 December 199712 April 1998Minister of State for AgricultureBishnu Bikram Thapa3 December 199712 April 1998Minister of State for Forests and Soil ConservationBhakta Bahadur Rokaya3 December 199712 April 1998Minister of State for Housing and Physical PlanningMirza Dilshad Beg3 December 199712 April 1998Minister of State for Youth, Sports and CultureNaresh Bahadur Singh27 October 199712 April 1998Minister for EducationRajendra Bahadur Shah3 December 199712 April 1998Minister of State for Home AffairsMahendra Yadav3 December 199712 April 1998Minister for Construction and TransportationKamlesh Sharma3 December 199712 April 1998Minister for SuppliesRam Bahadur Gurung3 December 199712 April 1998Minister for HealthBajra Kishor Singh3 December 199712 April 1998Minister for Information and CommunicationsJay Prakash Gupta3 December 199712 April 1998Assistant MinisterAssistant Minister for General AdministrationRam Janam Chaudhary3 December 199712 April 1998Assistant Minister for IndustrySurendra Hamal3 December 199712 April 1998Assistant Minister for LabourMohammad Aftab Alam3 December 199712 April 1998Assistant Minister for Tourism and Civil AviationSushil Man Sherchan3 December 199712 April 1998Assistant Minister for Women and Social WelfareKeshav Bahadur Chand3 December 199712 April 1998

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