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Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens
महिला, बालबालिका तथा ज्येष्ठ नागरिक मन्त्री
Emblem of Nepal
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since 15 July 2024
Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens
StyleHonourable
Member ofCouncil of Ministers
Reports toPrime Minister, Parliament
SeatSingha Durbar, Nepal
NominatorPrime Minister
AppointerPresident
Term lengthNo fixed term
PrecursorMinister of Labour, Employment, Women, Children and Social Security

The Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens (Nepali: महिला, बालबालिका तथा ज्येष्ठ नागरिक मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens of the Government of Nepal.[1][2] One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister is responsibility to formulate policies for social and economic empowerment to promote the role of women, children, senior citizens and various sections of the society in the sustainable peace and development of the country.[3]

The current minister is Nawal Kishor Sah,[4][5][6] who took office on 15 July 2024.[7]

List of former ministers

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# Name Took of office Prime Minister Minister's Party
1 Tham Maya Thapa
[8][9]
 15 February 2018 20 November 2019 643 KP Sharma Oli CPN (UML)
NCP
2 Parbat Gurung
[10][11]
 21 November 2019 14 October 2020 328
3 Lilanath Shrestha
[12][13]
 14 October 2020 25 December 2020 72
4 Julie Kumari Mahato
[14][15] 		25 December 2020 4 June 2021 161 CPN (UML)
5 Chanda Chaudhary
[16][17] 		4 June 2021 22 June 2021 18 PSP–Nepal
6 Lilanath Shrestha
[18][19] 		24 June 2021 12 July 2021 18 CPN (UML)
– Sher Bahadur Deuba
[20][21] 		13 July 2021 8 October 2021 87 Sher Bahadur Deuba Nepali Congress
7 Uma Regmi
[22][23] 		8 October 2021 26 December 2022 444
– Pushpa Kamal Dahal
[24][25] 		26 December 2022 17 January 2023 22 Puspha Kamal Dahal CPN (Maoist Centre)
8 Bhagwati Chaudhary
[26][27]
 17 January 2023 27 February 2023 41 CPN (UML)
9 Mahindra Ray Yadav
[28][29] 		31 March 2023 7 May 2023 37 NSP
10 Surendra Raj Acharya
[30][31] 		7 May 2023 4 March 2024 302 Nepali Congress
– Pushpa Kamal Dahal
[32][33] 		4 March 2024 6 March 2024 2 CPN (MC)
11 Bhagwati Chaudhary
[34][35] 		6 March 2024 3 July 2024 119 CPN (UML)
– Pushpa Kamal Dahal
[36][37] 		4 July 2024 15 July 2024 12 CPN (MC)
12 Nawal Kishor Sah
[5][6] 		15 July 2024 Incumbent 132 KP Sharma Oli PSP

References

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