Nepal govt cancels over 1,500 political appointments

Nepal’s President Ram Chandra Poudel has issued an ordinance for the removal of 1,594 political appointees from previous years in a single stroke. The move has triggered widespread disruption across Nepal’s administrative sector. Officials across universities, state-owned enterprises, regulatory bodies, councils, boards, research institutes, and media organisations have been dismissed, leaving many institutions without leadership.
Described as one of the most sweeping administrative overhauls in recent years, the provision in the “Ordinance on Special Provisions Relating to the Removal of Public Officials from Office, 2026” mandates that all appointments made prior to March 26 are automatically terminated, regardless of tenure, benefits, or terms of appointment.
“Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in prevailing laws, public officials appointed and currently holding office in public entities as per the schedule prior to March 26 shall be automatically removed from their respective positions upon the commencement of this ordinance,” the document states.
Nepal’s President Ram Chandra Poudel on Saturday issued an ordinance for the removal of 1,594 political appointees from previous years in a single stroke. The move has triggered widespread disruption across Nepal’s administrative sector. Officials across universities, state-owned enterprises, regulatory bodies, councils, boards, research institutes, and media organisations have been dismissed, leaving many institutions without leadership.
Described as one of the most sweeping administrative overhauls in recent years, the provision in the “Ordinance on Special Provisions Relating to the Removal of Public Officials from Office, 2026” mandates that all appointments made prior to March 26 are automatically terminated, regardless of tenure, benefits, or terms of appointment.