IANS
Kathamndu
The Nepal government yesterday appointed Somlal Subedi as the new chief secretary of the country.
A meeting of the council of the ministers of the government decided to elevate Subedi to the post of the chief secretary - the top post of the Nepalese bureaucracy, officials said.
Subedi, 53, will replace the incumbent chief secretary Leela Mani Paudyal who is retiring from the government service tomorrow, according to the government spokesman Minendra Rijal.
“The government would like to thank outgoing chief secretary Paudyal for his outstanding performance and his work toward conducting good administration while in office,” the government spokesman told reporters in Kathmandu after the meeting.
The new chief secretary is starting his three-year stint on Friday, the spokesman added.
Subedi, who served in the government for the past 34 years, is currently serving as the secretary at the ministry of federal affairs and local development of the Nepal government.
The newly-appointed secretary served in the different capacities in various government bodies such as ministry of environment, science and technology, ministry of education, ministry of labour, national planning commission and the office of the prime minister.