Kamal Thapa

For the Indian footballer, see Kamal Thapa (footballer, born 1981).

Kamal Thapa (Nepali: कमल थापा; born 4 August 1955) is a Nepalese politician belonging to Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal.

Kamal Thapa
कमल थापा
Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal
Incumbent
Assumed office February 2022
Preceded by	Position created
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
In office 7 June 2017 – 15 February 2018
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded by	Bimalendra Nidhi
Succeeded by	Ishwar Pokhrel
In office 12 October 2015 – 4 August 2016
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	KP Sharma Oli
Preceded by	Prakash Man Singh
Succeeded by	Bimalendra Nidhi
Minister of Energy
In office 17 October 2017 – 14 February 2018
President	Bidya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded by	Mahendra Bahadur Shahi
Succeeded by	Barsaman Pun
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 12 October 2015 – 4 August 2016
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	KP Sharma Oli
Succeeded by	Prakash Sharan Mahat
Minister of Home Affairs
In office 3 March 2006 – 10 June 2006
Monarch	Gyanendra
Succeeded by	Krishna Prasad Sitaula
Personal details
Born	(1955-08-04) 4 August 1955 (age 70) Makwanpur District, Nepal
Political party	RPP-Nepal
Residence(s)	Kathmandu, Nepal

Thapa, has served as a Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Affairs and Local Development. Thapa is also the president of Nepal's Hindu nationalist party, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal.

Ideology

He served as a Home Minister during King Gyanendra's direct rule in 2006 until the king was forced to handover power to Girija Prasad Koirala of the Nepali Congress Party and his allies with Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).^[1] Thapa claimed that no political parties in Nepal have the courage to safeguard Nepali nationality.^[2]

He had also challenged the government to re-investigate the royal massacre.^[3] RPP-N organised bandh (Close Down) on 22 February 2010 as part of its agitation demanding timely promulgation of constitution.^[4]

Personal life

Thapa's younger brother is former President of All Nepal Football Association Ganesh Thapa, who has been involved in the development of football as a professional sport in Nepal.

Political career

Deputy Prime Minister Shree Kamal Thapa with Indian prime minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on 19 October 2015.

Deputy prime minister

He held the office of deputy prime minister of Nepal in cabinet of Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli on 12 October 2015.^[5]

Forming of Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal

RPP held its first general convention in 2050 B.S. in Kathmandu, and unanimously elected former prime-minister Surya Bahadur Thapa as chairman. Kamal Thapa became spokesman.

The first-ever special general convention of the party took place in 2062 B.S. in Kathmandu. The special general convention passed a vote of no confidence motion against Pashupati Shamsher Rana and elected Kamal Thapa as chairman of the party. Thapa resigned from his post and Rabindra Nath Sharma became the chairman of the party on 10th Karkik, 2063. Rabindra Nath Sharma resigned from the post of chairman because of his poor health by the second week of Falgun, 2064 and the chairmanship of the party was handed over to Kamal Thapa again.^[6]