Rajendra Prasad Shrestha

Rajendra Prasad Shrestha is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the People's Socialist Party(PSP), and former Minister of The Housing and Physical Planning in a coalition government led by Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala ^[2] and Federal Affairs and General Administration in a coalition led by Sher Bahadur Deuwa. He was elected to the House of Representatives from Kathmandu 5 in the 1994 general election, representing the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and in the First Federal Parliament as a member of House of Representatives from Proportional Representation in 2017.

Rajendra Prasad Shrestha
राजेन्द्र प्रसाद श्रेष्ठ
Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration
In office 8 October 2021 – 14 October 2022
President	Bidya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded by	Ganesh Singh Thagunna
Succeeded by	Aman Lal Modi
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for Federal Socialist Forum party list
In office 4 March 2018 – 2022
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office October 1994 – May 1999
Preceded by	Krishna Gopal Shrestha
Succeeded by	Mangal Siddhi Manandhar
Constituency	Kathmandu 5
Personal details
Born	(1960-03-30) 30 March 1960 (age 65)[1]
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	People's Socialist Party
Other political affiliations	CPN (Fourth Convention) CPN (ML) CPN (UML) Federal Socialist Party Federal Socialist Forum

He is the Federal Council Chairperson of the People's Socialist Party (PSP).^[3][4] and a scholar who propounded the concept of Federal Socialism in 2012 with the slogan "Federalism for the emancipation of oppressed nationalities and socialism for the emancipation of working class".^[5]

This political ideology was the basis for the unification of the political forces that set up the People's Socialist Party, Nepal. The guiding principle of the PSPN is Enhanced Federal Socialism.^[6]

See also

• People's Socialist Party