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{{Short description|Nepali politician}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kamal Thapa
| native_name = कमल थापा
| native_name_lang = ne
| image = Kamal Thapa 2015.jpg
| office = Chairman of [[Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal]]
| term_start = February 2022
| predecessor = Position created
| term_end =
| monarch =
| office1 = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal]]
| term_start1 = 7 June 2017
| term_end1 = 15 February 2018
| primeminister1 = [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]]
| president1 = [[Ram Baran Yadav]]
| predecessor1 = [[Bimalendra Nidhi]]
| successor1 = [[Ishwar Pokhrel]]
| term_start2 = 12 October 2015
| term_end2 = 4 August 2016
| primeminister2 = [[KP Sharma Oli]]
| president2 = Ram Baran Yadav
| predecessor2 = [[Prakash Man Singh]]
| successor2 = Bimalendra Nidhi
| office3 = [[Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation (Nepal)|Minister of Energy]]
| term_start3 = 17 October 2017
| term_end3 = 14 February 2018
| primeminister3 = Sher Bahadur Deuba
| president3 = [[Bidya Devi Bhandari]]
| predecessor3 = [[Mahendra Bahadur Shahi]]
| successor3 = [[Barsaman Pun]]
| office4 = [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nepal)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
| term_start4 = 12 October 2015
| term_end4 = 4 August 2016
| primeminister4 = KP Sharma Oli
| president4 = Ram Baran Yadav
| successor4 = [[Prakash Sharan Mahat]]
| office5 = [[Minister of Home Affairs (Nepal)| Minister of Home Affairs]]
| term_start5 = 3 March 2006
| term_end5 = 10 June 2006
| monarch5 = [[Gyanendra of Nepal|Gyanendra]]
| successor5 = [[Krishna Prasad Sitaula]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|8|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Makwanpur District]], Nepal
| party = [[Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal|RPP-Nepal]]
| residence = [[Kathmandu]], Nepal
}}
'''Kamal Thapa''' ({{langx|ne|कमल थापा; born 4 August 1955}}) is a Nepalese politician belonging to [[Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal]].

Thapa, has served as a [[Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal|Deputy Prime Minister]] and [[Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (Nepal)|Federal Affairs and Local Development]]. Thapa is also the president of [[Nepal]]'s [[Hindu nationalism|Hindu nationalist]] party, the [[Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-08 |title=Disregarding Nepal’s sovereignty is objectionable: Kamal Thapa |url=https://www.myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/disregarding-nepals-sovereignty-is-objectionable-kamal-thapa-61-66.html |access-date=2025-11-17 |website=www.myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com |language=English}}</ref>

== Ideology ==
He served as a Home Minister during [[Gyanendra of Nepal|King Gyanendra]]'s direct rule in 2006 until the king was forced to handover power to [[Girija Prasad Koirala]] of the [[Nepali Congress|Nepali Congress Party]] and his allies with [[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]] and [[Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-30/south-asia/28085106_1_gyanendra-hindu-kingdom-madhav-kumar-nepal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025174415/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-30/south-asia/28085106_1_gyanendra-hindu-kingdom-madhav-kumar-nepal|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 October 2012|title=2009 sees monarchy down but not out in Nepal|date=30 December 2009|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=8 January 2010}}</ref> Thapa claimed that no political parties in Nepal have the courage to safeguard Nepali nationality.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphnepal.com/news_det.php?news_id=5083|title=Nepal monarchy can only safeguard national identity: Kamal Thapa|date=25 March 2009|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=8 January 2010|location=Nepal|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924114021/http://www.telegraphnepal.com/news_det.php?news_id=5083|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He had also challenged the government to re-investigate the royal massacre.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Govt+days+numbered%3A+Thapa&NewsID=229463 |title=You searched for Govt days numbered: Thapa |newspaper=[[The Himalayan Times]] |date=2010-02-24 |accessdate=2016-08-01 |archive-date=24 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224072755/http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Govt+days+numbered:+Thapa&NewsID=229463 |url-status=dead }}</ref> RPP-N organised [[bandh]] (Close Down) on 22 February 2010 as part of its agitation demanding timely promulgation of constitution.<ref>[http://www.nepalnews.com/main/index.php/news-archive/2-political/4309-rpp-n-bandh-cripples-valley-life.html]{{dead link|date=August 2016}}</ref>

==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==
[[File:The Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal, Shri Kamal Thapa calls on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on October 19, 2015 (1).jpg|alt=kamal thapa in delhi|thumb|Deputy Prime Minister Shree Kamal Thapa with Indian prime minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on 19 October 2015.|left]]
===Deputy prime minister===
He held the office of deputy prime minister of [[Nepal]] in cabinet of Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli on 12 October 2015.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|author=Binaj Gurubacharya |url=https://news.yahoo.com/nepals-premier-names-protest-group-leaders-deputies-095943171.html |title=Nepal's new premier names protest group leaders as deputies |website=News.yahoo.com |date=2015-10-12 |accessdate=2016-08-01}}</ref>
===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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rppn.org.np/history.html |title=History |accessdate=2010-08-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103074550/http://rppn.org.np/history.html |archivedate= 3 November 2010 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}{{Hindu Nationalism}}
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1955 births]]
[[Category:People from Makwanpur District]]
[[Category:Nepalese Hindus]]
[[Category:Government ministers of Nepal]]
[[Category:Rastriya Prajatantra Party politicians]]
[[Category:Ministers of foreign affairs of Nepal]]
[[Category:Deputy prime ministers of Nepal]]
[[Category:Nepal MPs 1994–1999]]
[[Category:Members of the Rastriya Panchayat]]
[[Category:Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly]]

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