First Dahal cabinet

First Dahal cabinet

Cabinet of Nepal
August 2008–May 2009
Date formed18 August 2008
Date dissolved25 May 2009
People and organisations
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Deputy Prime MinisterBam Dev Gautam
Member party
  •   CPN (Maoist)
      CPN (UML)
      MFJ-N
      Sadbhavana
      Janamorcha
      CPN (United)
Status in legislatureMajority (coalition)
413 / 601 (69%)


Opposition partyNepali Congress
Opposition leaderGirija Prasad Koirala
History
Election2008
Legislature term2008–2012
PredecessorG.P. Koirala interim cabinet
SuccessorMadhav Nepal cabinet

The first Dahal cabinet was formed on 18 August 2008 following the 2008 Constituent Assembly election. CPN (Maoist) leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal was appointed as prime minister and his coalition government was supported by CPN (UML), Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Sadbhavana Party, Janamorcha Nepal and CPN (United).[1][2][3] The cabin was expanded with the inclusion of two ministers on 25 March 2009.[4]

After unsuccessfully trying to remove Chief of the Nepalese Army Rookmangud Katawal, Dahal lost support of his biggest coalition partner CPN (UML) and resigned on 4 May 2009.[5][6] He was replaced by Madhav Kumar Nepal on 25 May 2009.

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  5. ^ "Nepal communists quit in protest". 2009-05-03. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
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