Sudha Sharma Gautam

Dr. Sudha Sharma Gautam
डा. सुधा शर्मा गौतम
Gautam in her first media briefing as a Health Minister in October 2025
Minister of Health and Population of Nepal
Assumed office
26 October 2025
PresidentRam Chandra Poudel
Prime MinisterSushila Karki (Interim)
Preceded byPradip Paudel
Secretary at Ministry of Health and Population
In office
October 2008 – December 2011
Personal details
PartyIndependent
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Dr. Sudha Sharma Gautam (Nepali: डा. सुधा शर्मा गौतम) is a Nepalese politician and senior obstetrician-gynecologist who has served as a minister of health and population in the Sushila Karki led interim Government since 26 October 2025. She was a former Secretary at the Ministry of Health and Population from October 2008 to December 2011.

She also previously served as President of the Nepal Medical Association, President of Nepal Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, President of the South Asian Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman of Education Committee of the Asia Oceana Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology and former Director of Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital in Thapathali, Kathmandu.