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Governor of Provinces of Nepal
प्रदेश प्रमुख
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Style	The Honourable
Residence	Various
Appointer	President of Nepal
Term length	5 years
Formation	2019
Salary	76,240 Nepalese rupees (NPR)

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In the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, a governor is the constitutional head of each of the seven provinces. Sub-Article 1 of Article 163 of the Constitution of Nepal says that the Governor is a representative of the Government of Nepal in each province. The governor is appointed by the president of Nepal recommended by federal cabinet for a term of five years and holds office at the president's pleasure. A person who has once served as the governor of a province cannot be appointed to the same post twice. The governor is de jure head of the provincial government; all its executive actions are taken in the governor's name. However, the governor must act on the advice of the popularly elected council of ministers, headed by the chief minister, which thus holds de facto executive authority at the province-level. The Constitution of Nepal also empowers the governor to act upon his or her own discretion, such as the ability to appoint or dismiss a ministry, recommend president's rule for the president's assent.

Incumbent Governors of Nepal

Province (past governors)	Name	Portrait	Assumed office	Website	Ref.
Koshi (list)	Parshuram Khapung		11 November 2021 (3 years, 39 days)	Official website
Madhesh (list)	Sumitra Subedi Bhandari		15 March 2024 (280 days)	Official website
Bagmati (list)	Deepak Prakash Devkota		1 August 2024 (141 days)	Official website
Gandaki (list)	Dilli Raj Bhatta		15 March 2024 (280 days)	Official website
Lumbini (list)	Krishna Bahadur Gharti Magar		1 August 2024 (3 years, 146 days)	Official website
Karnali (list)	Yagya Raj Joshi		1 August 2024 (141 days)	Official website
Sudurpashchim (list)	Najir Miya		15 March 2024 (280 days)	Official website

Selection process

Article 164 of the Constitution of Nepal states that:

1. being qualified for being a member of the Federal Parliament,
2. having completed the age of thirty five years, and
3. not being disqualified by any law.

List of governors by province

Koshi Province

Madhesh Province

Bagmati Province

Gandaki Province

Lumbini Province

Karnali Province

Sudurpashchim Province

See also

• President of Nepal
• Provinces of Nepal

References

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3. Republica. "New governors to be appointed for Province 1, Karnali and Sudur Paschim". My Republica. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
4. ^ "Three new province heads sworn in". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
5. ^ "Three newly appointed provincial chiefs taking oath of office today - A Political and Business weekly". Retrieved 2024-08-01.
6. Republica. "Newly-appointed province chiefs to take oath today". My Republica. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
7. ^ Republica. "Newly-appointed provincial governors sworn-in". My Republica. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
8. ^ "President to administer oath of office to newly appointed guvs at 4:00 pm". The Himalayan Times. 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
9. ^ "Governors of all seven provinces sacked". The Himalayan Times. 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
10. ^ Poudel, K. P. "प्रदेश प्रमुख पदको पद तथा गोपनियताको शपथग्रहण". www.presidentofnepal.gov.np (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
11. ^ "President administers oath of office to newly-appointed governors". The Himalayan Times. 2019-11-05. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
12. ^ "President removes Tilak Pariyar as Province 2 governor, appoints Rajesh Jha". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
13. "Hari Shankar Mishra appointed as Province 2 Chief". Republica. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
14. "Bagmati Province Chief Prasai removed from his post". myRepública. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
15. "President Bhandari appoints Yadav Chandra Sharma as Chief of Bagmati Province". Khabarhub. Retrieved August 20, 2021.

v t e Current chief ministers and governors of provinces of Nepal

Provinces Capitals Governors Chief ministers Koshi Madhesh Bagmati Gandaki Lumbini Karnali Sudurpashchim Biratnagar Janakpur Hetauda Pokhara Deukhuri Birendranagar Godawari Parshuram Khapung Sumitra Subedi Bhandari Deepak Prasad Devkota Dilli Raj Bhatta Krishna Bahadur Magar Yagya Raj Joshi Najir Miya Hikmat Kumar Karki (Cabinet) Satish Kumar Singh (Cabinet) Bahadur Singh Lama (Cabinet) Surendra Raj Pandey (Cabinet) Chet Narayan Acharya (Cabinet) Yam Lal Kandel (Cabinet) Kamal Bahadur Shah (Cabinet)

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