Oli cabinet, 2018 | |
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 Council of Ministers of Nepal | |
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| Date formed | 15 February 2018 |
| Date dissolved | 12 July 2021 |
| People and organisations | |
| President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli |
| Deputy Prime Ministers | Ishwor Pokhrel (2018-2021) Bishnu Prasad Paudel (2021) Raghubir Mahaseth (2021) Rajendra Mahato (2021) |
| Member parties | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Former members: Nepal Communist Party (NCP) CPN (Maoist Centre) Samajbadi Party, Nepal People's Socialist Party, Nepal People's Progressive Party |
| Status in legislature | Majority coalition government (February - May 2018, March - May 2021) Majority government (May 2018 - March 2021) Minority government (May - June 2021) Minority interim government (June - July 2021) |
| Opposition cabinet | Deuba Shadow Cabinet |
| Opposition party | Nepali Congress |
| Opposition leader | Sher Bahadur Deuba, NC |
| History | |
| Election | 2017 general election |
| Legislature term | 1st Federal Parliament |
| Predecessor | Fourth Deuba cabinet |
| Successor | Third Oli cabinet |
The Second Oli cabinet, also known as the Oli cabinet, 2018, was the Government of Nepal from 15 February 2018 to 13 July 2021. It initially formed as a majority coalition on 15 February 2018, after Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime Minister of Nepal following the 2017 general election. Oli's candidacy was supported by the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre). He assumed his office with two ministers and the remaining ministers were added at later points.[1] The CPN (Maoist Centre) withdrew its support from the government in May 2021, reducing it to a minority, and after the dissolution of the House of Representatives, it turned into an interim government.[2][3] The cabinet was replaced by the fifth Deuba cabinet, formed after the Supreme Court ordered the appointment of Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba as prime minister under Article 76 (5) of the Constitution of Nepal.[4][5]
Despite the name, the cabinet is not an extension of the first Oli cabinet, because two different cabinets by two different prime ministers separated both Oli cabinets. Apart from prime minister Oli, only four other ministers served in both cabinets: Giriraj Mani Pokharel and Shakti Bahadur Basnet, from in the beginning, and Bishnu Prasad Paudel and Top Bahadur Rayamajhi from a later rearrangement. Pokharel headed the Ministry of Education while Paudel headed the Ministry of Finance both times, whereas Basnet and Rayamajhi served in two different ministries in the two cabinets.
- ^ "PM Oli assumes Office". The Himalayan Times. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Maoist Centre withdraws support to the government". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "In a midnight drama, Nepal President dissolves House and calls polls for November 12 and 19". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "Nepal top court restores House, orders to appoint Congress chief new prime minister". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "New PM, ministers sworn-in: Here's the detail of Deuba's opening cabinet". OnlineKhabar. Retrieved 13 July 2021.