Nepali King Gyanendra Monday reshuffled the Council of Ministers, or Cabinet, by appointing new ministers under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Girja Prasad Koirala.
The following is a list of the new cabinet members:
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala was assigned the portfolios of Defense, Royal Palace, Health and Population and Industry, Commerce and Supply
Deputy Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli was assigned for Foreign Affairs
Minister for Home: Krishna Sitaula
Minister for Finance: Ram Saran Mahat
Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives: Mahanta Thakur
Minister for Physical Planning and works: Gopal Man Shrestha
Minister for Land Reform and Management: Prabhu Narayan Chaudhari
Minister for Water Resources: Chitra Lekha Yadav
Minister for Local Development: Rajendra Pandey
Minister for Law: Narendra Bikram Nemwang
Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation: Pradip Gyanwali
Minister for Education and Sports: Mangal Siddhi Manandhar
State Minister for Forest, Land conservation: Gopal Rai
State Minister for Women, Chilren and Social Welfare: Urmila Aryal
State Minister for Information and Communication: Dilendra Prasad Badu
State Minister for Science and Technology: Man Bahadur B.K.
State Minister for General Administration: Dharma Saha
State Minister for Transport, Labor: Ramesh Lekhak
Source: Xinhua