Adhikari cabinet, 1994

On September 30, 1994, following the 1994 parliamentary election, the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) formed a minority government led by Man Mohan Adhikari.[1] Despite the Nepali Congress securing more votes in the popular vote than the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), the latter secured 88 seats to the former's 83. Neither party was successful in forming a coalition to hold a majority of the 205 seats. After failed coalition negotiations, however, Adhikari became Prime Minister of a minority government, acquiring the support of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party and the Nepal Sadbhawana Party.[2]

1994 Adhikari cabinet

Cabinet of Nepal
November 1994–September 1995
Date formed30 November 1994
Date dissolved12 September 1995
People and organisations
MonarchKing Birendra
Prime MinisterMan Mohan Adhikari
Deputy Prime MinisterMadhav Kumar Nepal
Total no. of members15 appointments
Member partyCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Status in legislatureMinority in Pratinidhi Sabha
88 / 205 (43%)
Opposition partyNepali Congress
Opposition leaderGirija Prasad Koirala
History
Election(s)1994 general election
Legislature term(s)3rd House of Representatives
PredecessorFirst G.P. Koirala Cabinet
SuccessorDeuba Cabinet

Adhikari only served as the Prime Minister of Nepal for nine months and was the first democratically elected Prime Minister from the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist). During his time in office, then chief of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz rejected funding the Arun III hydro-electric project[3] Also, the Adhikari government promoted programs such as the build-your-own-village-program.[4] Prime Minister Adhikari also enhanced the relationship with Mongolia.

In June 1995, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party and the Nepal Sadbhawana Party, who helped to form a minority government supported the Nepali Congress's call for a vote of no-confidence in Adhikari's government in a special session of the House of Representatives. Adhikari attempted to dissolve parliament and call elections in an attempt to replicate the circumstances under which he assumed office in 1994. But a Supreme Court challenge led by the Congress saw this move deemed unconstitutional and the parliament was restored. The vote of no-confidence proceeded successfully. Elections in 1995 saw Adhikari's government voted out of office and made Nepali Congress's Sher Bahadur Deuba the next Prime Minister of Nepal.[5]

Ministers
Portfolio Minister
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister

Minister for General Administration

 Man Mohan Adhikari
Deputy Prime Minister

Minister of Defence

Minister of Foreign Affairs

 Madhav Kumar Nepal
Minister for Local Development and Supplies C.P. Mainali
Minister of Home Affairs Khadga Prasad Oli
Minister of Finance Bharat Mohan Adhikari
Minister for Agriculture, Land Reform and Management Radha Krishna Mainali
Minister of Education, Culture and Social Welfare Modanath Prasrit
Minister of Information and Communications Pradip Nepal
Minister for Labour and Health Padma Ratna Tuladhar
State ministers
Minister of State for Construction and Transportation Ashok Kumar Rai
Minister of State for Forest and Environment Salim Miya Ansari
Minister of State for Housing and Physical Planning Prem Singh Dhami
Minister of State for Law, Justice, Parliamentary Affairs and General Administration Subash Chandra Nembang
Minister of State for Commerce, Tourism and Civil Aviation Bhim Rawal
Minister of State for Industry and Water Resource Hari Pandey

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2008-07-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Whelpton, John, A History of Nepal, Cambridge University Press, 2005, pp. 192-193.
  3. Deutscher Bundestag. "Drucksache 13/2285 vom 08.09.1995" (in German). Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  4. Encyclopædia Britannica: Man Mohan Adhikari
  5. Whelpton, John, A History of Nepal, Cambridge Univerty Press, 2005, pp. 193-195.
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