Minister of Infrastructure Development (Nepal)
Head of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development of Government of Nepal
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The Minister of Infrastructure Development (Nepali: पूर्वाधार विकास मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development of the Government of Nepal. The ministry was formed on 13 May 2026 by merging the former Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport with selected functions of urban development and water infrastructure.
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| पूर्वाधार विकास मन्त्री | |
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| Ministry of Infrastructure Development | |
| 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 |
| Precursor | Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport |
| Formation | 13 May 2026 |
| First holder | Sunil Lamsal |
| Deputy | Minister of State for Infrastructure Development |
The minister is responsible for national transportation infrastructure, road networks, bridges, public transport, urban development, water supply infrastructure, and overall physical infrastructure planning and development.
Sunil Lamsal of the Rastriya Swatantra Party is the inaugural and current Minister of Infrastructure Development, having assumed office on 13 May 2026 following the administrative restructuring under Prime Minister Balendra Shah.
List of ministers
| # | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Prime Minister | Minister's party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport | ||||||||
| 1 | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar [1] |
12 October 2015 | 4 August 2016 | 297 | KP Sharma Oli | NLF | ||
| 2 | Ramesh Lekhak [2] |
4 August 2016 | 31 May 2017 | 300 | Pushpa Kamal Dahal | Nepali Congress | ||
| 3 | Bir Bahadur Balayar [3] |
25 July 2017 | 15 February 2018 | 205 | Sher Bahadur Deuba | |||
| 4 | Raghubir Mahaseth [4] |
16 March 2018 | 20 November 2019 | 614 | KP Sharma Oli | CPN (UML) | ||
| NCP | ||||||||
| 5 | Basanta Kumar Nemwang [5] |
21 November 2019 | 12 July 2021 | 599 | ||||
| CPN (UML) | ||||||||
| 6 | Renu Kumari Yadav [6] |
8 October 2021 | 4 July 2022 | 269 | Sher Bahadur Deuba | PSP–Nepal | ||
| 7 | Mohammad Ishtiyaq Rayi [7] |
4 August 2022 | 14 October 2022 | 71 | ||||
| – | Sher Bahadur Deuba [8] |
14 October 2022 | 26 December 2022 | 73 | Nepali Congress | |||
| 8 | Narayan Kaji Shrestha [9] |
26 December 2022 | 31 March 2023 | 95 | Pushpa Kamal Dahal | CPN (MC) | ||
| 9 | Prakash Jwala [10] |
31 March 2023 | 4 March 2024 | 339 | CPN (US) | |||
| – | Pushpa Kamal Dahal [11] |
4 March 2024 | 6 March 2024 | 2 | CPN (MC) | |||
| 10 | Raghubir Mahaseth [12] |
6 March 2024 | 3 July 2024 | 119 | CPN (UML) | |||
| – | Pushpa Kamal Dahal [13] |
4 July 2024 | 15 July 2024 | 11 | CPN (MC) | |||
| 11 | Devendra Dahal [14] |
15 July 2024 | 9 September 2025 | 421 | KP Sharma Oli | CPN (UML) | ||
| – | Sushila Karki [15] |
12 September 2025 | 15 September 2025 | 3 | Sushila Karki | Independent | ||
| 12 | Kulman Ghising [16] |
15 September 2025 | 7 January 2026 | 114 | ||||
| 13 | Madhav Prasad Chaulagain [17] |
7 January 2026 | 27 March 2026 | 79 | ||||
| 14 | Sunil Lamsal [18] |
27 March 2026 | 13 May 2026 | 47 | Balendra Shah | RSP | ||
| Minister of Infrastructure Development | ||||||||
| (14) | Sunil Lamsal [19] |
13 May 2026 | Incumbent | 23 | Balendra Shah | RSP | ||