Third Chand cabinet

The third Chanda cabinet was formed on 12 March 1997, after the biggest party in the House of Representatives, CPN (UML) supported Rastriya Prajatantra Party leader Lokendra Bahadur Chand as the prime minister. The cabinet was expanded on 25 March 1997, 30 June 1997 and 29 August 1997.

After losing a no-confidence motion on 4 October 1997, the cabinet was dissolved two days later when Surya Bahadur Thapa was appointed prime minister.

Cabinet

March–June 1997 PortfolioMinisterPartyTook officeLeft officePrime Minister of NepalMinister for Palace AffairsMinister for DefenceLokendra Bahadur Chand12 March 19976 October 1997Deputy Prime MinisterMinister for Home AffairsBam Dev Gautam12 March 19976 October 1997Minister for FinanceRabindra Nath Sharma12 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Forests and EnvironmentSahana Pradhan 12 March 199725 March 1997Minister for Women and Social Welfare25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Information and CommunicationsJhala Nath Khanal25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Local DevelopmentAmrit Kumar Bohara12 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Construction and TransportationBharat Mohan Adhikari25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for HealthRadha Krishna Mainali12 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Foreign AffairsPrakash Chandra Lohani25 March 19978 June 1997Minister for General AdministrationSiddhi Lal Singh25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Housing and Physical InfrastructureKamal Thapa25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for SuppliesGajendra Narayan Singh 12 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Science and Technology12 March 199725 March 1997Minister for CommerceBudhhiman Tamang25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for LabourMukunda Neupane25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Parliamentary AffairsAshok Kumar Rai25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for IndustryKeshav Prasad Badal25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Youth, Sports and CultureBishnu Prasad Paudel25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Tourism and Civil AviationSalim Miya Ansari25 March 19976 October 1997Minister without portfolioBhim Bahadur Kathayat25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Law and JusticePrem Bahadur Singh25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for EducationDevi Prasad Ojha25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for AgricultureRam Krishna Acharya25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Population and EnvironmentBidya Devi Bhandari25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Law and JusticeMinister for Women and Social WelfareRameshwar Raya Yadav 12 March 199725 March 1997Minister for Forests and Land Conservation25 March 19976 October 1997Minister without portfolioSarbendra Nath Shukla25 March 199729 August 1997Ministers of StateMinister of State for Information and CommunicationsRakam Chemjong25 March 19976 October 1997Minister of State for HealthBharat Kumar Pradhan25 March 19976 October 1997Minister of State for AgriculturePrem Bahadur Bhandari25 March 199729 August 1997Minister of State for Water SupplyRajiv Parajuli25 March 199729 August 1997Minister of State for IndustryTul Bahadur Gurung25 March 19976 October 1997Minister of State for EducationBhojraj Joshi25 March 19976 October 1997Minister of State for Local DevelopmentMahesh Chaudhary25 March 19976 October 1997Minister of State for Construction and TransportationMahindra Ray Yadav25 March 19976 October 1997Minister of State for Housing and Physical InfrastructureKhobari Raya Yadav25 March 19976 October 1997

June–August 1997 PortfolioMinisterPartyTook officeLeft officePrime Minister of NepalMinister for Palace AffairsMinister for DefenceLokendra Bahadur Chand12 March 19976 October 1997Deputy Prime MinisterMinister for Home AffairsBam Dev Gautam12 March 19976 October 1997Minister for FinanceRabindra Nath Sharma12 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Women and Social WelfareSahana Pradhan25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Information and CommunicationsJhala Nath Khanal25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Local DevelopmentAmrit Kumar Bohara12 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Construction and TransportationBharat Mohan Adhikari25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for HealthRadha Krishna Mainali12 March 19976 October 1997Minister for General AdministrationSiddhi Lal Singh25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Housing and Physical InfrastructureKamal Thapa 25 March 199729 August 1997Minister for Foreign Affairs8 June 19976 October 1997Minister for SuppliesGajendra Narayan Singh12 March 19976 October 1997Minister for CommerceBudhhiman Tamang 25 March 199729 August 1997Minister for Land Reform and Management8 June 19976 October 1997Minister for LabourMukunda Neupane25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Parliamentary AffairsAshok Kumar Rai25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for IndustryKeshav Prasad Badal25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Youth, Sports and CultureBishnu Prasad Paudel25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Tourism and Civil AviationSalim Miya Ansari25 March 19976 October 1997Minister without portfolioBhim Bahadur Kathayat25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Law and JusticePrem Bahadur Singh25 March 199727 June 199730 June 19976 October 1997Minister for EducationDevi Prasad Ojha25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for AgricultureRam Krishna Acharya25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Population and EnvironmentBidya Devi Bhandari25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Law and Justice Minister for Women and Social WelfareRameshwar Raya Yadav 12 March 199725 March 1997Minister for Forests and Land Conservation25 March 199727 June 199730 June 19976 October 1997Minister without portfolioSarbendra Nath Shukla25 March 199729 August 1997Ministers of StateMinister of State for Information and CommunicationsRakam Chemjong25 March 19976 October 1997Minister of State for HealthBharat Kumar Pradhan 25 March 199727 June 199730 June 19976 October 1997Minister of State for AgriculturePrem Bahadur Bhandari25 March 199729 August 1997Minister of State for Water SupplyRajiv Parajuli25 March 199729 August 1997Minister of State for IndustryTul Bahadur Gurung25 March 19976 October 1997Minister of State for EducationBhojraj Joshi25 March 19976 October 1997Minister of State for Local DevelopmentMahesh Chaudhary 25 March 199727 June 199730 June 19976 October 1997Minister of State for Construction and TransportationMahindra Ray Yadav25 March 19976 October 1997Minister of State for Housing and Physical InfrastructureKhobari Raya Yadav25 March 19976 October 1997Minister of State for Land Reform and ManagementMahendra Raya8 June 199729 August 1997Minister of State for CommerceJyotendra Mohan Chaudhary8 June 199729 August 1997Minister of State for Science and TechnologyMirza Dilshad Beg8 June 199729 August 1997

August–October 1997 PortfolioMinisterPartyTook officeLeft officePrime Minister of NepalMinister for Palace AffairsMinister for DefenceLokendra Bahadur Chand12 March 19976 October 1997Deputy Prime MinisterMinister for Home AffairsBam Dev Gautam12 March 19976 October 1997Minister for FinanceRabindra Nath Sharma12 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Women and Social WelfareSahana Pradhan25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Information and CommunicationsJhala Nath Khanal25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Local DevelopmentAmrit Kumar Bohara12 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Construction and TransportationBharat Mohan Adhikari 25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Law and Justice22 September 19976 October 1997Minister for HealthRadha Krishna Mainali12 March 19976 October 1997Minister for General AdministrationSiddhi Lal Singh25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Housing and Physical InfrastructureBalaram Gharti Magar29 August 19976 October 1997Minister for Foreign AffairsKamal Thapa8 June 19976 October 1997Minister for SuppliesGajendra Narayan Singh 12 March 199722 September 1997Minister without portfolio22 September 199726 September 1997Minister for Land Reform and ManagementBudhhiman Tamang8 June 19976 October 1997Minister for LabourMukunda Neupane25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Parliamentary AffairsAshok Kumar Rai25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for IndustryKeshav Prasad Badal25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Youth, Sports and CultureBishnu Prasad Paudel25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Tourism and Civil AviationSalim Miya Ansari25 March 19976 October 1997Minister without portfolioBhim Bahadur Kathayat25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Law and JusticePrem Bahadur Singh30 June 199722 September 1997Minister for EducationDevi Prasad Ojha25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for AgricultureRam Krishna Acharya25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Population and EnvironmentBidya Devi Bhandari25 March 19976 October 1997Minister for Forests and Land ConservationRameshwar Raya Yadav30 June 199711 September 1997Hridayesh Tripathi11 September 19976 October 1997Minister for CommerceSarbendra Nath Shukla29 August 19976 October 1997Minister for Science and TechnologyPrem Bahadur Bhandari29 August 19976 October 1997Minister without portfolioRajiv Parajuli29 August 19976 October 1997Minister for SuppliesMoti Prasad Pahadi22 September 19976 October 1997Ministers of StateMinister of State for Information and CommunicationsRakam Chemjong25 March 19976 October 1997Minister of State for HealthBharat Kumar Pradhan30 June 19976 October 1997Minister of State for IndustryTul Bahadur Gurung25 March 19976 October 1997Minister of State for EducationBhojraj Joshi25 March 19976 October 1997Minister of State for Local DevelopmentMahesh Chaudhary30 June 19976 October 1997Minister of State for Construction and TransportationMahindra Ray Yadav25 March 19976 October 1997Minister of State for AgricultureJyotendra Mohan Chaudhary29 August 19976 October 1997Minister of State for Housing and Physical InfrastructureKhobari Raya Yadav25 March 19976 October 1997Minister of State for Land Reform and ManagementMirza Dilshad Beg29 August 19976 October 1997Minister of State for SuppliesPalten Gurung22 September 19976 October 1997Minister of State for Forests and Land ConservationNaresh Bahadur Singh22 September 19976 October 1997

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