The minister of finance (or simply, the finance minister, ( Nepali: अर्थ मन्त्री ) is the head of the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Nepal. One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the finance minister is responsible for the fiscal policy of the government. A key duty of the finance minister is to present the annual federal budget in Parliament, detailing the government's plan for taxation and spending in the coming financial year. Through the budget, the finance minister also outlines allocations to all the ministries and departments. The minister is assisted by the minister of state for finance and the junior deputy minister of finance.
The current minister is Dr. Swarnim Wagle who took office on 27 March 2026.
List of ministers of finance
Kingdom of Nepal This is a list of all former finance ministers of the Kingdom of Nepal and their appointments until 2008:
Subarna Shamsher Rana, February 1951 Kaiser Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, 1952 Matrika Prasad Koirala, June 1953 S. Gunjaman Singh, January 1957 C. B. Singh, July 1957 Subarna Shamsher Rana, May 1958 Rishikesh Shah, December 1960 Surya Bahadur Thapa, July 1962 Surendra Bahadur Basnet, September 1968 Kirti Nidhi Bista, April 1969 Gehendra Bahadur Rajbhandari, April 1970 Kirti Nidhi Bista, April 1971 Bhekh Bahadur Thapa, July 1973 Ram Prasad Rajbahak, April 1979 Surya Bahadur Thapa, May 1979 Yadav Pant, June 1980 Prakash Chandra Lohani, July 1983 Bharat Bahadur Thapa, March 1986 Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, April 1990 Devendra Raj Pandey, April 1990 Girija Prasad Koirala, May 1991 Mahesh Acharya, December 1991 Bharat Mohan Adhikari, November 1994 Ram Saran Mahat, September 1995 Rabindra Nath Sharma, March 1997 Ram Saran Mahat, April 1998 Bharat Mohan Adhikari, December 1998 Mahesh Acharya, May 1999 Ram Saran Mahat, July 2001 Badri Prasad Shrestha, October 2003 Prakash Chandra Lohani, June 2003 Bharat Mohan Adhikari, June 2004 Madhukar Shamsher Rana, February 2005
Transition phase of Nepal This is a list of finance ministers of the Nepal during its transition phase (2008 - 2013): SNNamePartyAssumed officeLeft office1Baburam BhattaraiCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)18 August 200825 May 20092Surendra PandeyCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)25 May 20096 February 20113Bharat Mohan AdhikariCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)6 February 20114 September 20114Barsaman PunCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)4 September 2011March 20135Shanker Prasad Koiralaindependent18 March 201311 February 2014
Since 2013 This is a list of all finance ministers since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:
SNNamePartyAssumed officeLeft office1Ram Saran MahatNepali Congress25 February 201412 October 20152Bishnu Prasad PaudelCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)5 November 20151 August 20163Krishna Bahadur MaharaCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)4 August 201631 May 20174Gyanendra Bahadur KarkiNepali Congress7 June 201715 February 20185Yuba Raj KhatiwadaCommunist Party of Nepal (NCP)16 March 20184 September 20206Bishnu Prasad PaudelCPN UML14 October 202013 July 20217Janardan SharmaCPN (Maoist)13 July 20217 July 20228Sher Bahadur DeubaNepali Congress7 July 202231 July 20229Janardan SharmaCPN (Maoist)31 July 202226 December 202210Bishnu Prasad PaudelCPN UML26 December 202227 February 202311Dr. Prakash Sharan MahatNepali Congress31 March 202312Barshaman PunCPN (Maoist)6 March 202413Bishnu Prasad PaudelCPN UML15 July 202412 September 202514 Rameshwor Prasad KhanalIndependent 15 September 202527 March 202615Dr. Swarnim WagleRastriya Swatantra Party27 March 2026
References
External links Official Website of Ministry of Finance