Post: | Minister |
Insignia: | Emblem of Nepal (alternative).svg |
Insigniacaption: | Emblem of Nepal |
Flagsize: | 100 |
Flagborder: | No |
Flagcaption: | Flag of Nepal |
Incumbent: | Manbir Rai |
Incumbentsince: | 15 July 2024 |
Style: | His Excellency |
Native Name: | Nepali: रक्षा मन्त्री |
Body: | Defence |
Seat: | Kathmandu, Nepal |
Nominator: | Prime Minister |
Appointer: | The President |
Termlength: | No fixed term |
Reports To: | Prime Minister |
Member Of: | Council of Ministers |
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]
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 | 25 February 2014 | 12 October 2015 | |||
3 | 5 November 2015 | 1 August 2016[4] | |||
4 | 26 August 2016 | 31 May 2017 | |||
5 | Bhimsen Das Pradhan[5] | 26 July 2017 | 15 February 2018 | ||
6 | 26 February 2018 | 4 June 2021 | |||
7 | 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 |