Minister of Defence (Nepal)

Head of the Ministry of Defence

Minister of Defence

रक्षा मन्त्री

Emblem of Nepal

Flag of Nepal

Incumbent
Manbir Rai

since 15 July 2024

Style| His Excellency
Member of| Council of Ministers
Reports to| Prime Minister
Seat| Kathmandu, Nepal
Nominator| Prime Minister
Appointer| The president
Term length| No fixed term
Inaugural holder| Baber Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana

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]

## List of ministers of defence

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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

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1  | Interim Prime Minister Khil Raj Regmi[3] | Independent | 25 February 2014 | 11 February 2014
2  | Prime Minister Sushil Koirala | Nepali Congress | 25 February 2014 | 12 October 2015
3  | Bhim Bahadur Rawal | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 5 November 2015 | 1 August 2016[4]
4  | Bal Krishna Khand | Nepali Congress | 26 August 2016 | 31 May 2017
5  | Bhimsen Das Pradhan[5] | Nepali Congress | 26 July 2017 | 15 February 2018
6  | Ishwor Pokharel | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 26 February 2018 | 4 June 2021
7  | Minendra Rijal | Nepali Congress | 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

## References

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1. ^ "Ministry of Defence | MoD". mod.gov.np. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
2. ^ "रक्षामा हरि उप्रेती, जनमतको मन्त्रालय फेरियो (सूचीसहित)". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
3. ^ "Council of Ministers". Office of the Prime Minister. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013.
4. ^ "Nepal Army bids farewell to Defence Minister Rawal". The Himalayan Times. August 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
5. ^ "Deuba sworn in as 40th PM, forms Cabinet by inducting 7 ministers". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 20 October 2017.

## External links

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* Official Website of Ministry of Defence