General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal Bishnu Prasad Poudel has become the Finance Minister. President Bidyadevi Bhandari has appointed Poudel as the Finance Minister on the recommendation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.

Earlier, Finance Minister Dr. The finance ministry was vacant after Yuvaraj Khatiwada left the government. CPN (Maoist) leaders Surendra Pandey and Janardhan Sharma were also lobbying for the finance minister.