Only Shishir Khanal and Biraj Bhakta Shrestha are repeats this time.
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All but two new ministers have been appointed in the government led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah. Only Shishir Khanal and Biraj Bhakta Shrestha are the only ones who have been reappointed this time.
Newly appointed Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal was the Education Minister in the Pushpa Kamal Dahal government in Magh 2079. He had the opportunity to become a minister for about three weeks in the coalition government of UML, Maoists and the National Independent Party.
Similarly, Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Biraj Bhakta Shrestha was also the Youth and Sports Minister in the Dahal government. At that time, the Congress, UML and Rashtriya Swatantra Party were in a coalition government.
All the ministers except these two are new. Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle was appointed Vice-Chairman of the National Planning Commission in Shrawan 2074. Although he is a new minister, he has been working in the economic and political sector of Nepal for a long time.
Those appointed on Friday include Sudhan Gurung as Home Minister, Khadkaraj Poudel as Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister, and Sobita Gautam as Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister. Similarly, Bikram Timalsina as Communications and Information Technology Minister, Deepak Kumar Sah as Labor and Employment Minister, and Sasmit Pokharel as Education, Science and Technology, Youth and Sports Minister.
Sunil Lamsal has been given the responsibility of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure, Transport and Urban Development. Sita Badi as Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens, and Pratibha Rawal as Minister of Federal Affairs, General Administration, Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation.
Geeta Chaudhary has been appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Forest and Environment Minister, and Nisha Mehta as Minister of Health, Population and Drinking Water Minister.
Prime Minister Shah has kept the ministries of Defense, Industry, Commerce and Supplies with him.
