Minister of Defence (Nepal)

Minister of Defence
रक्षा मन्त्री
Emblem of Nepal
Incumbent Manbir Rai since 15 July 2024
Style	His Excellency
Member of	Council of Ministers
Reports to	Prime Minister
Seat	Kathmandu, Nepal
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	The President
Term length	No fixed term

The Minister of Defence (Rakshā Mantri) is the head of the Ministry of Defence and a high ranking minister of the Government of Nepal. The Defence Minister is one of the most senior offices in the Council of Ministers as well as being a high-level minister in the union cabinet.^[1]

List of ministers of defence

Giri Prasad Burathoki, the defence minister during much of King Mahendra's reign, had himself been a highly decorated (retired) officer of the British Indian Army.

This is a list of all ministers of Defense since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:^[2]

	Name	Party	Assumed office	Left office
1	Interim Prime Minister Khil Raj Regmi[3]	Independent	25 February 2014	11 February 2014
2	Prime Minister Sushil Koirala	Nepali Congress	25 February 2014	12 October 2015
3	Bhim Bahadur Rawal	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	5 November 2015	1 August 2016[4]
4	Bal Krishna Khand	Nepali Congress	26 August 2016	31 May 2017
5	Bhimsen Das Pradhan[5]	Nepali Congress	26 July 2017	15 February 2018
6	Ishwor Pokharel	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	26 February 2018	4 June 2021
7	Minendra Rijal	Nepali Congress	8 October 2021	16 December 2021
8	Hari Prasad Upreti	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	17 January 2023	27 February 2023
9	Purna Bahadur Khadka	Nepali Congress	30 March 2023	Incumbent

References

1. "Ministry of Defence | MoD". mod.gov.np. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
2. "रक्षामा हरि उप्रेती, जनमतको मन्त्रालय फेरियो (सूचीसहित)". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
3. "Council of Ministers". Office of the Prime Minister. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013.
4. "Nepal Army bids farewell to Defence Minister Rawal". The Himalayan Times. August 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
5. "Deuba sworn in as 40th PM, forms Cabinet by inducting 7 ministers". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 20 October 2017.

External links

• Official Website of Ministry of Defence