CPN-UML Parliamentary Party leader Dor Mani Poudel took the oath of office and secrecy as the Chief Minister of Province 3 on Monday.

Poudel was the first person to be appointed as the Chief Minister among the seven provinces of federal Nepal.

Preparations are underway to appoint Chief Ministers in other provinces as well.

Province Chief Anuradha Koirala administered the oath to Poudel amid a function this morning.

Speaker Sanu Kumar Shrestha was also present on the occasion.

It has been learnt that Poudel will assume the office at around 11 am today.

Poudel is an expert of local governance and was elected as the Mayor of Hetauda Municipality in the local level election in 1992 and 1995. He had also worked as the Chairman of Nepal Municipality Association for 15 years. He was appointed as the member of Local Level Restructuring Commission (LLRC) after the promulgation of a new constitution in 2015.

Chief Minister Poudel said that a three-member Cabinet will formed today itself. He informed that two members from CPN-UML and one from CPN (Maoist Centre) will be inducted in the Cabinet.