Kamal Thapa
| Kamal Thapa | |
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| कमल थापा | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister & Federal Affairs and Local Development Minister | |
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Assumed office 09 March 2017 |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal | |
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In office 12 October 2015 – 2016-08-01 |
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| Home Minister of Nepal | |
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In office June 2006 – April 2007 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 August 1955 Makwanpur District, Nepal |
| Political party | Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) |
| Residence | Kathmandu, Nepal |
Kamal Thapa (Nepali: कमल थापा; born 4 August 1955) served as a Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Affairs and Local Development Minister of Nepal Government. He is also current president of Nepal's royalist party, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party. 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). He and his party called for a re-establishment of the monarchy through a referendum vote. Thapa claims that no political parties in Nepal have the courage to safeguard Nepali nationality, claiming: "Now the onus lies only with the institution of monarchy to safeguard Nepali sovereignty and national unity."
He has also challenged the government to re-investigate the royal massacre: "Those blaming former King Gyanendra Shah for the massacre are now holding power in the government. I challenge them to track down the guilty." RPP-N organised bandh (Close Down) on 22 February 2010 as part of its agitation demanding timely promulgation of constitution, end of current problems like load shedding and the current political deadlock and referendum on some key issues to be incorporated in the new constitution including constitutional monarchy, Hindu nation and federalism.
Kamal Thapa was born on 4 August 1955 in Makwanpur District. He was born to a family with army background. He is the elder brother of All Nepal Football Association (ANFA)'s president Ganesh Thapa, who has been involved in the development of football as a professional sport in Nepal.
Kamal Thapa started his career as the President of National Student Organization during 1973-74. In 1977, he was the Assistant Lecturer for Political Economy in Institute of Forestry under Tribhuwan University, Nepal. He was the member of Constitution Reform Commission in 1980. He has also been the Member Secretary of Central Committee of National Youth Service Fund. He was also a cabinet member during the Panchayat rule, rising to the hold portfolios in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Local Development and Ministry of Housing and Physical Planning.
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