Dahal cabinet, 2022
Cabinet of Nepal
Date formed	26 December 2022
Date dissolved	15 July 2024
People and organisations
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari Ram Chandra Paudel
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Deputy Prime Ministers	Narayan Kaji Shrestha Rabi Lamichhane
Ministers removed	15
Totalno. of members	25
Member party	Maoist Centre[a] Coalition partners:  RSP[b]  Unified Socialist Former Members:  Congress  CPN (UML)[c]  RPP[d]  PSP  Janamat[e]  PSP-Nepal  Loktantrik Samajwadi  Nagrik Unmukti Party
Status in legislature	Majority Coalition Government (December 2022 — July 2024)
Opposition party	Congress
Opposition leader	Sher Bahadur Deuba
History
Election	2022 Nepalese general election
Legislature term	2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal
Predecessor	Fifth Deuba cabinet
Successor	Fourth Oli cabinet

TheDahal cabinet, 2022 orThird Dahal Cabinet was the formerGovernment of Nepal, formed on 26 December 2022 afterPushpa Kamal Dahal was appointed as the newPrime Minister of Nepal bypresidentBidya Devi Bhandari, following the2022 Nepalese general election.^[1]

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Dahal's claim for prime minister was supported by theCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist),Rastriya Swatantra Party,Rastriya Prajatantra Party,People's Socialist Party, Nepal,Janamat Party andNagarik Unmukti Party, alongside his ownCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre).^[2] Prime Minister Dahal took his oath of office alongside three deputy prime ministers and four ministers on 26 December 2022.^[3]

On 10 January 2023, Dahal won amotion of confidence with 268 out of 270 votes in the 275-memberHouse of Representatives, where he was supported by the ruling coalition as well as the oppositionNepali Congress,Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) and theLoktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal.^[4]

The cabinet was then expanded to include one more deputy prime minister, 11 ministers and three state ministers on 17 January 2023.^[5][6]

Deputy prime minister and minister for Home Affairs,Rabi Lamichhane, was stripped from his position in the cabinet on 27 January 2023 after theSupreme Court 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.^[7] Remaining ministers of theRSP resigned on 5 February after the party decided to call back its members from the cabinet while maintaining its support to the government.^[8]

On 25 February 2023, all ministers from theRPP resigned from the government, with the party also withdrawing its support, after a new coalition of eight parties includingNepali Congress,CPN (Maoist Centre),PSPN,CPN (US),Janamat Party,LSPN,NUP andRastriya Janamorcha was formed with an agreement to support Nepali Congress' candidate in the upcomingpresidential election.^[9][10] Shortly after, on 27 February, theCPN (UML) decided to quit government and withdraw its support as well, and its ministers resigned en-masse the same day.^[11][12]

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.^[13][14][15]

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.^[16][17][18] 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,NSP^[a] and an independent.^[19][20] 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.^[21][22] The cabinet was expanded for an eighth time on 16 April 2023 to include an additional minister and a state minister.^[23] The cabinet was yet again expanded on 3 and 7 May 2023 to include further four ministers from the Nepali Congress.^[24][25] 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.^[26]

On 14 August 2023, Janamat Party rejoined the government whenAman Lal Modi of the CPN (Maoist Centre) was asked to resign asMinister for Federal Affairs and General Administration and Janamat'sAnita Devi Sah was appointed to the portfolio.^[27][28]

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