Rajendra Prasad Lingden

Honourable
Rajendra Prasad Lingden
MP
राजेन्द्र प्रसाद लिङ्देन
Lingden in 2022
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
17 January 2023 – 25 February 2023
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
In office
17 January 2023 – 25 February 2023
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded byPampha Bhusal
Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 December 2021
Preceded byKamal Thapa
Pashupati Shamsher JBR
Prakash Chandra Lohani
Member of Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Preceded byKrishna Prasad Sitaula
ConstituencyJhapa 3
Personal details
Born (1965-09-07) 7 September 1965 (age 59)[1]
Panchthar District, Nepal
NationalityNepali
Political partyRastriya Prajatantra Party
Other political
affiliations		Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal
SpouseSita Thapa
Parent(s)Man Prasad Lingden (father)
Dhan Kumari Lingden (mother)

Rajendra Prasad Lingden is a Nepali politician and former Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal. He also served as the Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation. He is also the chairman of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP). He served as a member of the 1st Federal Parliament of Nepal from March 2018.[2] He was re-elected in 2022 in the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal.[3]

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 May 2023.
  2. ^ "RPP Chairman Lingden resigns as lawmaker to put pressure on ruling parties to end term of current parliament". Republica. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  3. ^ "RPP President Rajendra Lingden elected from Jhapa-3". Republica. 24 November 2022. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2023.