First Dahal cabinet

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First Dahal cabinet
Cabinet of Nepal
August 2008–May 2009
Date formed	18 August 2008
Date dissolved	25 May 2009
People and organisations
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Deputy Prime Minister	Bam Dev Gautam
Member party	CPN (Maoist)   CPN (UML)   MFJ-N   Sadbhavana   Janamorcha   CPN (United)
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition) 413 / 601 (69%)
Opposition party	Nepali Congress
Opposition leader	Girija Prasad Koirala
History
Election	2008
Legislature term	2008–2012
Predecessor	G.P. Koirala interim cabinet
Successor	Madhav Nepal cabinet

The first Dahal cabinet was formed on 18 August 2008 following the 2008 Constituent Assembly election. CPN (Maoist) leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal was appointed as prime minister and his coalition government was supported by CPN (UML), Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Sadbhavana Party, Janamorcha Nepal and CPN (United).^[1][2][3] The cabin was expanded with the inclusion of two ministers on 25 March 2009.^[4]

After unsuccessfully trying to remove Chief of the Nepalese Army Rookmangud Katawal, Dahal lost support of his biggest coalition partner CPN (UML) and resigned on 4 May 2009.^[5][6] He was replaced by Madhav Kumar Nepal on 25 May 2009.