Minister of Health and Food Hygiene (Nepal)
Head of the Ministry of Health and Food Hygiene of Government of Nepal
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The Minister of Health and Food Hygiene (Nepali: स्वास्थ्य तथा खाद्य स्वच्छता मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Health and Food Hygiene.[1][2][3] One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister is responsibility for overall policy formulation, planning, organisation and coordination of the health sector at national, province, district and community levels.
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Member ofCouncil of Ministers
Reports toPrime Minister, Parliament
| Minister of Health and Food Hygiene | |
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| स्वास्थ्य तथा खाद्य स्वच्छता मन्त्री | |
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| Ministry of Health and Food Hygiene | |
| Style | Honourable |
| Member of | Council of Ministers |
| Reports to | Prime Minister, Parliament |
| Seat | Singha Durbar, Nepal |
| Nominator | Prime Minister |
| Appointer | President |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Formation | 14 May 2026 |
| Deputy | Minister of State for Health and Food Hygiene |
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Nisha Mehta is the current Minister of Health and Food Hygiene, assuming office from 27 March 2026.[4]
List of ministers
| # | Name | Took of office | Prime Minister | Minister's Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Health and Population | ||||||||
| 1 | Upendra Yadav [5][6] |
1 June 2018 | 20 November 2019 | 537 | KP Sharma Oli | FSFN | ||
| SPN | ||||||||
| 2 | Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal [7][8] |
20 November 2019 | 25 December 2020 | 401 | CPN (UML) | |||
| 3 | Hridayesh Tripathi [9][10] |
25 December 2020 | 4 June 2021 | 161 | PPP | |||
| 4 | Sher Bahadur Tamang [11][12] |
4 June 2021 | 22 June 2021 | 18 | CPN (UML) | |||
| 5 | Krishna Gopal Shrestha [13][14] |
24 June 2021 | 12 July 2021 | 18 | ||||
| – | Sher Bahadur Deuba [15][16] |
13 July 2021 | 8 October 2021 | 87 | Sher Bahadur Deuba | Nepali Congress | ||
| 6 | Birodh Khatiwada [17][18] |
8 October 2021 | 27 June 2022 | 262 | CPN (Unified Socialist) | |||
| 7 | Bhawani Prasad Khapung [19][20] |
27 June 2022 | 26 December 2022 | 182 | ||||
| – | Pushpa Kamal Dahal [21][22] |
26 December 2022 | 17 January 2023 | 22 | Puspha Kamal Dahal | CPN (Maoist Centre) | ||
| 8 | Padam Giri [23][24] |
17 January 2023 | 27 February 2023 | 41 | CPN (UML) | |||
| – | Pushpa Kamal Dahal [25][26] |
27 February 2023 | 3 May 2023 | 65 | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |||
| 9 | Mohan Bahadur Basnet [27][28] |
3 May 2023 | 4 March 2024 | 306 | Nepali Congress | |||
| – | Pushpa Kamal Dahal [29][30] |
4 March 2024 | 10 March 2024 | 2 | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |||
| 10 | Upendra Yadav [31][32] |
10 March 2024 | 13 May 2024 | 64 | PSP-N | |||
| 11 | Pradeep Yadav [33][34] |
13 May 2024 | 8 July 2024 | 56 | PSP | |||
| – | Pushpa Kamal Dahal [35][36] |
8 July 2024 | 15 July 2024 | 7 | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |||
| 12 | Pradip Paudel [37][38] |
15 July 2024 | 9 September 2025 | 421 | KP Sharma Oli | Nepali Congress | ||
| – | Sushila Karki [39][40] |
12 September 2025 | 26 October 2025 | 44 | Sushila Karki | Interim | ||
| 13 | Sudha Sharma Gautam[41][42] | 26 October 2025 | 27 March 2026 | 152 | ||||
| 14 | Nisha Mehta[4] | 27 March 2026 | 14 May 2026 | 48 | Balendra Shah | RSP | ||
| Minister of Health and Food Hygiene | ||||||||
| (14) | Nisha Mehta[4] | 14 May 2026 | Incumbent | 15 | Balendra Shah | RSP | ||