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Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport
भौतिक पूर्वाधार तथा यातायात मन्त्री
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Incumbent Devendra Dahal since 15 July 2024
Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport
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 Planning and Works

The Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (Nepali: भौतिक पूर्वाधार तथा यातायात मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport.^[1]^[2]^[3] One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister is responsibility supporting various economic activities and projects related to the development of the country's major physical infrastructure such as national public roads, national railways, waterways, which connect the country's rural areas with the market, tourism, agriculture, electrical, industrial and related projects in the country.^[4]^[5]

The current minister is Devendra Dahal,^[6]^[7] who took office on 15 July 2024.^[8]

List of former ministers

#	Name	Took of office				Minister's Party
1	Bijay Kumar Gachhadar ^[9]^[10]	12 October 2015	4 August 2016	297	KP Sharma Oli	NLF
2	Ramesh Lekhak ^[11]^[12]	4 August 2016	31 May 2017	300	Pushpa Kamal Dahal	Nepali Congress
3	Bir Bahadur Balayar ^[13]^[14]	25 July 2017	15 February 2018	205	Sher Bahadur Deuba	Nepali Congress
4	Raghubir Mahaseth ^[15]^[16]	16 March 2018	20 November 2019	614	KP Sharma Oli	CPN (UML)
4	Raghubir Mahaseth ^[15]^[16]	16 March 2018	20 November 2019	614		NCP
5	Basanta Kumar Nemwang ^[17]^[18]	21 November 2019	12 July 2021	599		NCP
5	Basanta Kumar Nemwang ^[17]^[18]	21 November 2019	12 July 2021	599		CPN (UML)
6	Renu Kumari Yadav ^[19]^[20]	8 October 2021	4 July 2022	269	Sher Bahadur Deuba	PSP–Nepal
7	Mohammad Ishtiyaq Rayi ^[21]^[22]	4 August 2022	14 October 2022	71		PSP–Nepal
–	Sher Bahadur Deuba ^[23]^[24]	14 October 2022	26 December 2022	73		Nepali Congress
8	Narayan Kaji Shrestha ^[25]^[26]	26 December 2022	31 March 2023	95	Pushpa Kamal Dahal	CPN (MC)
9	Prakash Jwala ^[27]^[28]	31 March 2023	4 March 2024	339		CPN (US)
–	Pushpa Kamal Dahal ^[29]^[30]	4 March 2024	6 March 2024	2		CPN (MC)
10	Raghubir Mahaseth ^[31]^[32]	6 March 2024	3 July 2024	119		CPN (UML)
–	Pushpa Kamal Dahal ^[33]^[34]	4 July 2024	15 July 2024	12		CPN (MC)
11	Devendra Dahal ^[6]^[7]	15 July 2024	Incumbent	154	KP Sharma Oli	CPN (UML)

References

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