Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal

The deputy prime minister of Nepal (Nepali: नेपालका उप-प्रधानमन्त्री, romanized: Nēpālakā upa-pradhānamantrī) is the deputy head of government of Nepal. The deputy prime minister is second in seniority in the Council of Ministers of Nepal. The deputy prime minister is the senior-most member of cabinet after prime minister in the Government of Nepal. The deputy prime minister presides and chairs the cabinet in the absence of prime minister.