First premiership of Pushpa Kamal Dahal
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 Dahal in 2009 | |
| First Premiership of Pushpa Kamal Dahal 18 August 2008 – 25 May 2009 | |
President | |
|---|---|
| Cabinet | Dahal I |
| Party | CPN (Maoist) |
| Seat | Singha Durbar |
 Coat of Arms of Government of Nepal | |
Pushpa Kamal Dahal became Prime Minister on 18 August 2008.
Dahal led the CPN (Maoist) into civil war in 1996. In 2006, a peace accord was signed between the maoists and government of Nepal. The maoists joined the Interim Government and a constituent assembly was elected in 2008. Dahal led Maoists became the largest political party and as such made a coalition with CPN (UML) and other parties.
| Constituent Assembly | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate's Name | Party | Votes | |
 Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
CPN (Maoist) | 464 / 601 | |
| Sher Bahadur Deuba | Nepali Congress | 113 / 601 | |
| Source:[1] | |||
Cabinet
| S.N. | Portfolio | Minister | Party | Assumed office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | ||||||
| 1 | Prime Minister | Pushpa Kamal Dahal[1] | CPN (Maoist) | 18 August 2008 | 25 May 2008 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister | ||||||
| 2 | Minister for Home Affairs | Bam Dev Gautam[2] | CPN (UML) | 18 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | |
| Cabinet Ministers | ||||||
| 3 | Minister for Finance | Baburam Bhattarai | CPN (Maoist) | 22 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | |
| 4 | Minister for Foreign Affairs | Upendra Yadav | MJF-N | 22 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | |
| 5 | Minister for Defence | Ram Bahadur Thapa | CPN (Maoist) | 22 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | |
| 6 | Minister for Physical Planning and Works | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | MJF-N | 22 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | |
| 7 | Minister for Water Resources | Bishnu Prasad Paudel | CPN (UML) | 18 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | |
| 8 | Minister for Information and Communication | Krishna Bahadur Mahara | CPN (Maoist) | 22 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | |
| 9 | Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives | Jay Prakash Gupta | MJF-N | 22 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | |
| 10 | Minister for Industry | Astalaxmi Shakya | CPN (UML) | 18 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | |
| 11 | Minister for Law, Justice and Constituent Assembly | Dev Gurung | CPN (Maoist) | 22 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | |
| 12 | Minister for Commerce and Supplies | Rajendra Mahato | Sadbhavana | 18 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | |
| 13 | Minister of Land Reform and Management | Matrika Yadav | CPN (Maoist) | 31 August 2008 | 25 March 2009 | |
| Mahendra Paswan | CPN (Maoist) | 25 March 2009 | 25 May 2009 | |||
| 14 | Minister for Minister of Youth and Sports | Gopal Shakya | CPN (UML) | 18 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | |
| 15 | Minister for General Administration | Pampha Bhusal | CPN (Maoist) | 31 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | |
| 16 | Minister for Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation | Hisila Yami | CPN (Maoist) | 31 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | |
| 17 | Minister for Minister for Health and Population | Giriraj Mani Pokharel | Janamorcha | 22 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | |
| 18 | Minister for Education | Renu Kumari Yadav | MJF-N | 22 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | |
| 19 | Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation | Kiran Gurung | CPN (UML) | 31 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | |
| 20 | Minister for Peace and Reconstruction | Janardhan Sharma | CPN (Maoist) | 31 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | |
| 21 | Minister for Culture and State Restructuring | Gopal Kirati | CPN (Maoist) | 31 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | |
| 22 | Minister for Local Development | Ram Chandra Jha | CPN (UML) | 31 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | |
| 23 | Minister for Labour and Transport | Lekh Raj Bhatta | CPN (Maoist) | 31 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | |
| 24 | Minister for Science and Technology | Ganesh Shah | CPN (United) | 31 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | |
| 25 | Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare | Ramcharan Chaudhari (Tharu) | CPN (Maoist) | 25 March 2009 | 25 May 2009 | |
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