Dahal cabinet, 2016

On 4 August 2016, Pushpa Kamal Dahal of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) was elected as the Prime Minister of Nepal.[1] His candidacy was supported by the Nepali Congress, and several small parties represented in the Nepalese Parliament after a power-sharing deal with the Nepali Congress. Due to this, Dahal would become Prime Minister until the 2017 Nepalese local elections, after which he would step down in favour of the Nepali Congress.[2][3]

Second Dahal Cabinet
Cabinet of Nepal
Date formed	4 August 2016
Date dissolved	31 May 2017
People and organisations
Head of state	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Head of government	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Deputy head of government	Bimalendra Nidhi
Member party	Major partiesCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Nepali Congress Minor parties Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Loktantrik Forum Akhanda Nepal Party (from 19 January 2017) Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party, Nepal (from 19 January 2017)
History
Election(s)	2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election
Legislature term(s)	2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Predecessor	Oli Cabinet
Successor	Deuba Cabinet

After being sworn in, Dahal formed a new government in a coalition with the parties that supported his election, making Bimalendra Nidhi, who supported the development of the power-sharing deal his Vice Prime Minister.[4] On several further occasions, Dahal made changes to his council of ministers.[5][6][7][8] The Cabinet Dahal with its ultimate 46 ministers (including state ministers) became the second biggest council of ministers in the history of Nepal, despite the new Constitution of Nepal set the maximum amount of ministries to 25.[9]