Minister of Home Affairs (Nepal)
| Minister of Home Affairs | |
|---|---|
| गृहमन्त्रालय | |
Incumbent since 15 September 2025Om Prakash Aryal | |
| Ministry of Home Affairs | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Member of | Council of Ministers |
| Reports to | Prime Minister |
| Appointer | The president |
| Inaugural holder | B. P. Koirala |
| Formation | 21 February 1951 |
| First holder | Kapil Sharma Adhikari |
The Minister of Home Affairs (Nepali: गृहमन्त्री, romanized: Gṛha Mantrī; or simply, the Home Minister) is the head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of Nepal. One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the chief responsibility of the home minister is the maintenance of Nepal's internal security; the country's large police force comes under its jurisdiction.
The most recent officeholder was Om Prakash Aryal in Sushila Karki Interim Government aftermath of the Gen-Z protests on 8 September 2025.[1][2]
List of ministers of home affairs
This is a list of former ministers of home affairs since 1991:
| # | Name | Term of office | Prime Minister | Minister's party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sher Bahadur Deuba | 29 May 1991 | 30 November 1994 | 3 years, 185 days | Girija Prasad Koirala | Nepali Congress | ||
| 2 | K. P. Sharma Oli | 30 November 1994 | 12 September 1995 | 286 days | Man Mohan Adhikari | CPN (UML) | ||
| 3 | Khum Bahadur Khadka | 12 September 1995 | 12 March 1997 | 1 year, 181 days | Sher Bahadur Deuba | Nepali Congress | ||
| 4 | Bam Dev Gautam | 12 March 1997 | 7 October 1997 | 209 days | Lokendra Bahadur Chand | CPN (UML) | ||
| 5 | Budhhiman Tamang | 27 October 1997 | 3 December 1997 | 37 days | Surya Bahadur Thapa | RPP | ||
| (3) | Khum Bahadur Khadka | 3 December 1997 | 15 April 1998 | 133 days | Nepali Congress | |||
| 6 | Govinda Raj Joshi | 21 April 1998 | 25 December 1998 | 248 days | Girija Prasad Koirala | |||
| 25 December 1998 | 31 May 1999 | 157 days | ||||||
| 7 | Purna Bahadur Khadka | 30 June 1999 | 22 March 2000 | 266 days | Krishna Prasad Bhattarai | |||
| (6) | Govinda Raj Joshi | 22 March 2000 | 29 September 2000 | 191 days | Girija Prasad Koirala | |||
| 8 | Ram Chandra Paudel | 29 September 2000 | 26 July 2001 | 300 days | ||||
| (3) | Khum Bahadur Khadka | 26 July 2001 | 4 October 2002 | 1 year, 70 days | Sher Bahadur Deuba | |||
| 9 | Dharma Bahadur Thapa | 11 October 2002 | 11 April 2003 | 182 days | Lokendra Bahadur Chand | Independent | ||
| 10 | Badri Prasad Mandal | 11 April 2003 | 5 June 2003 | 55 days | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | |||
| 11 | Kamal Thapa | 5 June 2003 | 10 June 2004 | 1 year, 5 days | Surya Bahadur Thapa | RPP | ||
| (7) | Purna Bahadur Khadka | 5 July 2004 | 1 February 2005 | 211 days | Sher Bahadur Deuba | Nepali Congress (Democratic) | ||
| 12 | Krishna Prasad Sitaula | 29 April 2006 | 1 April 2007 | 337 days | Girija Prasad Koirala | Nepali Congress | ||
| 1 April 2007 | 18 August 2008 | 1 year, 139 days | ||||||
| (4) | Bam Dev Gautam | 18 August 2008[3] | 25 May 2009 | 280 days | Pushpa Kamal Dahal | CPN (UML) | ||
| 13 | Bhim Bahadur Rawal | 25 May 2009 | 6 February 2011 | 1 year, 257 days | Madhav Kumar Nepal | |||
| 14 | Krishna Bahadur Mahara | 6 February 2011 | 29 August 2011 | 204 days | Jhala Nath Khanal | Maoist Centre | ||
| 15 | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | 4 September 2011 | 14 March 2013 | 1 year, 191 days | Baburam Bhattarai | MJFN (L) | ||
| 16 | Madhav Ghimire | 14 March 2013 | 11 February 2014 | 334 days | Khil Raj Regmi | Independent | ||
| (4) | Bam Dev Gautam | 25 February 2014 | 12 October 2015 | 1 year, 229 days | Sushil Koirala | CPN (UML) | ||
| 17 | Shakti Bahadur Basnet | 19 October 2015[4] | 4 August 2016 | 290 days | KP Sharma Oli | Maoist Centre | ||
| 18 | Bimalendra Nidhi | 4 August 2016[5] | 7 June 2017 | 307 days | Pushpa Kamal Dahal | Nepali Congress | ||
| 19 | Janardan Sharma | 7 June 2017[6] | 17 October 2017 | 132 days | Sher Bahadur Deuba | Maoist Centre | ||
| 20 | Ram Bahadur Thapa | 26 February 2018[a] | 20 May 2021 | 3 years, 83 days | KP Sharma Oli | Maoist Centre | ||
| 21 | Khagaraj Adhikari | 10 June 2021 | 22 June 2021 | 12 days | CPN (UML) | |||
| 22 | Bishnu Prasad Paudel | 24 June 2021 | 13 July 2021 | 19 days | ||||
| 24 | Bal Krishna Khand | 13 July 2021 | 26 December 2022 | 1 year, 166 days | Sher Bahadur Deuba | Nepali Congress | ||
| 23 | Rabi Lamichhane | 26 December 2022 | 27 January 2023[7] | 32 days | Pushpa Kamal Dahal | RSP | ||
| 24 | Narayan Kaji Shrestha | 31 March 2023 | 4 March 2024 | 339 days | Maoist Centre | |||
| (23) | Rabi Lamichhane | 6 March 2024 | 15 July 2024 | 131 days | RSP | |||
| 25 | Ramesh Lekhak | 15 July 2024 | 8 September 2025 | 1 year, 55 days | KP Sharma Oli | Nepali Congress | ||
| 26 | Om Prakash Aryal | 15 September 2025 | Incumbent | 96 days | Sushila Karki | Independent | ||
Notes
References
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- ^ "Council of Ministers | Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers". Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "Meet the new cabinet of ministers". Nepali Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
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