Government of Province No. 2

The Government of Province No. 2, known locally as the Province Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Nepalese province of Province No. 2 which consist of 8 districts.

Government of Province No. 2
Seat of governmentJanakpur
Executive
GovernorRatneshwar Lal Kayastha
Chief ministerMohammad Lalbabu Raut
Chief SecretaryDeepak Subedi[1]
Legislature
Assembly
SpeakerSaroj Kumar Kumar
Deputy SpeakerUpama Kumari Deo
Judiciary
High CourtJanakpur High Court
Chief JusticeSurendra Singh Bashnyat[2]
Chief AttorneyDipendra Jha

The governor of the province is appointed constitutional head of the province by the President of Nepal.[3] The Governor of Province No. 2 is appointed for a period of five years and appoints the chief minister and his or her council of ministers, who are vested with the executive powers of the state.[4][5] The provincial government is headed by the Governor of Province No. 2 as the nominal head of province,[6] with a democratically elected Chief Minister as real head of the executive. The province government maintains its temporary capital at Janakpur and is seated at the Province No. 2 Provincial Government Secretariat.[7]

Background

The Government of Province No. 2 was formed on February 4, 2018 after the 2017 Nepalese provincial elections.[8] The present legislative structure of Province No. 2 is Unicameral and consists of 107 legislative members (64 members are elected through FPTP and 43 are elected through PR). The normal term of the provincial assembly is five years, unless dissolved earlier.

Legislature
Main article: Provincial Assembly of Province No. 2

The province is governed by a parliamentary system of representative democracy. The legislative structure of the province is unicameral.[9] The Province No. 2 Provincial Legislative Assembly consists of 107 members who are elected for five-year terms. The province contributes 32 seats to the lower house of the Parliament of Nepal, the House of Representatives and 8 seats to the upper house, the National Assembly.[10][11]

Executive

The government is headed by the governor who appoints the chief minister and his or her council of ministers. The governor is appointed for a period of five years and acts as the constitutional head of the province.[12] The governor remains the ceremonial head of the province with the day-to-day running of the government is taken care of by the chief minister and his or her council of ministers in whom a great deal of legislative powers is vested.

The council of ministers consists of cabinet ministers and ministers of state.[13] The Secretariat headed by the chief secretary assists the council of ministers. The chief secretary is also the administrative head of the government.

References
  1. "दीपक सुबेदी" [Dipak Subedi]. ocmcm.p2.gov.np. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  2. "High Courts get their chief judges". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  3. "Cabinet recommends guvs, names ad hoc 'workstations'". The Himalayan Times. 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  4. Dahal, Ashok. "Govt names temporary capitals, governors". My Republica. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  5. "Lalbabu Raut appointed as Chief Minister of Province-2". My Republica. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  6. "Know your provincial chiefs". Setopati. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  7. "Govt appoints provincial chiefs, fixes temporary Capitals". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  8. "Seven chief ministers set to take oath". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  9. Kathmandu Tribune (2017-09-19). "The Constitution of Nepal which guarantees people's supremacy". Kathmandu Tribune. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  10. "Nepal elections explained". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  11. "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  12. Dahal, Ashok. "Govt recommended to appoint non-political person for Provincial Governor". My Republica. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  13. "Federal parliament secretariat deploys employees in provinces". My Republica. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
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