What is Minister of Home Affairs (Nepal)?
{{Infobox official post | post = Minister | abbreviation = | insignia = Emblem of Nepal (alternative).svg | insigniasize = 150px | insigniacaption = [[Emblem of Nepal]] | insigniaalt = | flag = Flag of Nepal.svg | flagsize = 100 | flagalt = | flagborder = No | image = | imagesize = | flagcaption = [[Flag of Nepal]] | alt = | imagecaption = | incumbent = [[Ramesh Lekhak]] | acting = | incumbentsince = 15 July 2024 | department = | style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]] | type = | status = | native_name = {{lang|ne|गृहमन्त्रालय}} | body = Home Affairs | formation = {{Start date and years ago|21 February 1951}} | founder = | seat = [[Gorkha]], [[Nepal]] | nominator = Prime Minister | appointer = [[President of Nepal|The President]] | appointer_qualified = | termlength = No fixed term | termlength_qualified = | constituting_instrument = | precursor = | inaugural = [[B. P. Koirala]] | reports_to = [[Prime Minister of Nepal|Prime Minister]] | member_of = [[Council of Ministers of Nepal|Council of Ministers]] | named_for = | first = | last = | abolished = | succession = | unofficial_names = | deputy = | salary = | website = | residence = | footnotes = }} The '''Minister of Home Affairs''' (or simply, the '''Home Minister'''; {{lang-ne|गृहमन्त्री}}) is the head of the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Nepal)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] of the [[Government of Nepal]]. One of the senior-most officers in the [[Council of Ministers of Nepal|Federal Cabinet]], the chief responsibility of the Home Minister is the maintenance of Nepal's [[internal security]]; the country's large police force comes under its jurisdiction. Occasionally, they are assisted by the '''Minister of State of Home Affairs''' and the lower-ranked '''Deputy Minister of Home Affairs'''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=गृह मन्त्रालय|url=https://moha.gov.np/|access-date=2022-01-29|website=moha.gov.np|language=ne}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Council of Ministers {{!}} Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers|url=https://www.opmcm.gov.np/en