The first Dahal cabinet was formed on 18 August 2008 following the

2008 Constituent Assembly election 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. Etymology English ''eight'', from Old English '', æhta'', Proto-Germanic ''*ahto'' is a direct continuation of Proto-Indo-European '' *oḱtṓ(w)-'', and as such cognate wi ...

CPN (Maoist) Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) may refer to: * Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), between 1996 and 2009 named the "Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)" * Communist Party of Nepal (Revolutionary Maoist), founded June 2012 * Communist Party ...

leader

Pushpa Kamal Dahal Pushpa Kamal Dahal (; born Ghanashyam Dahal, 11 December 1954), alias ''Prachanda'' (, , "fierce"), is a Nepalese politician, currently serving as the Leader of the Opposition, since July 2024. He has served as the Prime Minister of Nepal o ...

was appointed as

prime minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

and his coalition government was supported by

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, Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Sadbhavana Party,

Janamorcha Nepal Janamorcha Nepal () was founded in 2002 as the mass organisation and electoral front of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre–Masal). It was formed following the merger between the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre) and the Communist ...

and CPN (United). The cabin was expanded with the inclusion of two ministers on 25 March 2009. After unsuccessfully trying to remove

Chief of the Nepalese Army The Chief of the Nepalese Army (or Gorkhali Army) () is the military position of army head of the Nepalese Army, initially known as ''Gorkhali Army''. The Chief of the Nepalese Army had been from among the Kaji officers during the 18th century. Dur ...

Rookmangud Katawal General Rookmangud Katawal is a former Nepalese Army general, who served as the Chief of staff, Chief of Army Staff of the Nepal Army from 2006 to 2009. General Katawal has come across controversy after the then Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Daha ...

, Dahal lost support of his biggest coalition partner CPN (UML) and resigned on 4 May 2009. He was replaced by Madhav Kumar Nepal on 25 May 2009.

Cabinet

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