The Dahal cabinet, 2022 or Third Dahal Cabinet was the former

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, formed on 26 December 2022 after

Pushpa Kamal Dahal Pushpa Kamal Dahal (; born Ghanashyam Dahal, 11 December 1954), alias ''Prachanda'' (, , "fierce"), is a Nepalese politician, currently serving as the Leader of the Opposition, since July 2024. He has served as the Prime Minister of Nepal o ...

was appointed as the new

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, following the

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History

Dahal's claim for prime minister was supported by the

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Rastriya Swatantra Party The Rastriya Swatantra Party (, RSP; , NIP) is a Centrism, centrist political party in Nepal. The party was running as a coalition partner in Dahal cabinet, 2022, Prachanda-led government with four cabinet ministries from 6 March 2024 to 12 July ...

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, People's Socialist Party, Nepal,

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and

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, alongside his own

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. Prime Minister Dahal took his oath of office alongside three deputy prime ministers and four ministers on 26 December 2022. On 10 January 2023, Dahal won a

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with 268 out of 270 votes in the 275-member

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, where he was supported by the ruling coalition as well as the opposition

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and the

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. The cabinet was then expanded to include one more deputy prime minister, 11 ministers and three state ministers on 17 January 2023. Deputy prime minister and minister for Home Affairs,

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, was stripped from his position in the cabinet on 27 January 2023 after the

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ruled that Lamichhane did not follow due process to re-obtain his Nepali citizenship after renouncing his American citizenship, and thus, he was not a legal Nepali citizen. Remaining ministers of the RSP resigned on 5 February after the party decided to call back its members from the cabinet while maintaining its support to the government. On 25 February 2023, all ministers from the RPP resigned from the government, with the party also withdrawing its support, after a new coalition of eight parties including

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, PSPN, CPN (US),

, LSPN, NUP and

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was formed with an agreement to support Nepali Congress' candidate in the upcoming

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. Shortly after, on 27 February, the

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decided to quit government and withdraw its support as well, and its ministers resigned en-masse the same day. On 20 March 2023, Dahal again secured a vote of confidence with 172 votes in his favor and 89 votes against out of the 262 members present in the 275-member lower house, where he was supported by the new eight-party ruling alliance as well as the RSP, with the CPN (UML) and RPP staying in opposition. Following lengthened talks for the apportionment of ministries within the ruling alliance, Prime Minister Dahal expanded the cabinet on 31 March to include members from the new coalition. The power-sharing agreement between the ruling parties apportioned 8 ministries for Congress, 5 for CPN (Maoist Centre), 2-each for PSPN and CPN (US), and 1-each for Janamat, NUP, LSPN,

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and an independent. Citing disagreement in portfolio division, Janamat Party exited the government a few hours before the cabinet expansion, while Nepali Congress put forward names for only four out of eight ministries allocated to them due to factional disagreements. The cabinet was expanded for an eighth time on 16 April 2023 to include an additional minister and a state minister. The cabinet was yet again expanded on 3 and 7 May 2023 to include further four ministers from the Nepali Congress. The cabinet was again expanded on 24 May 2023 to include an additional minister and state minister from the PSPN, thus bringing it to the maximum number prescribed in the constitution. On 14 August 2023, Janamat Party rejoined the government when

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of the CPN (Maoist Centre) was asked to resign as Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration and Janamat's

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was appointed to the portfolio.

Final arrangement

Former arrangements

With NC as major Partner

Till 4 March 2024

Till 14 August 2023

Till 31 March 2023

With
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as major Partner

Till 27 February 2023

Till 25 February 2023

Till 5 February 2023

Till 27 January 2023

Notes

References

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