Rajendra Prasad Shrestha | |
Native Name: | राजेन्द्र प्रसाद श्रेष्ठ |
Office: | Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration |
Term Start: | 8 October 2021 |
Term End: | 14 October 2022 |
President: | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
Primeminister: | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
Predecessor: | Ganesh Singh Thagunna |
Successor: | Aman Lal Modi |
Office1: | Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for Federal Socialist Forum party list |
Term Start1: | 4 March 2018 |
Termend1: | 2022 |
Office2: | Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha |
Term Start2: | October 1994 |
Term End2: | May 1999 |
Constituency2: | Kathmandu 5 |
Predecessor2: | Krishna Gopal Shrestha |
Successor2: | Mangal Siddhi Manandhar |
Party: | People's Socialist Party |
Otherparty: | CPN (Fourth Convention) CPN (ML) CPN (UML) Federal Socialist Party Federal Socialist Forum |
Nationality: | Nepali |
Birth Date: | 30 March 1960[1] |
Rajendra Prasad Shrestha is a Senior Nepalese politician, belonging to the People's Socialist Party, Nepal (PSPN), and former Minister of The Federal Affairs and General Administration. He was elected in First Federal Parliament as a member of House of Representatives from Proportional Representation in 2017.[2] [3]
He is the renowned scholar who propounded the concept of Federal Socialism in 2012 with its key motto- "Federalism for the emancipation of oppressed nationalities and socialism for the emancipation of working class." This new political ideology served as the bedrock for unification with various political forces that founded People's Socialist Party, Nepal. The guiding principle of the PSPN is currently known as Enhanced Federal Socialism.