Ratneshwar Lal Kayastha

Ratneshwar Lal Kayastha
Ratneshwar Lal Kayastha at Chitragupta Sewa Samiti- Golden Jubilee Ceremony, Rajbiraj in 2018.
1st Governor of Madhesh Province
In office
19 January 2018 – 03 November 2019[1]
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byTilak Pariyar
Spokesperson and Secretary of Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal
In office
2004-2018
Personal details
Born (1944-05-03) 3 May 1944 (age 80)
Suga Bhawani (now Jaleshwar), Mahottari, Province No. 2, Nepal[2]
Political partyFederal Socialist Forum, Nepal
SpouseSabita Kayastha
Children4
EducationEngineering geology
Alma materImperial College London
Websiteoph.p2.gov.np

Ratneshwar Lal Kayastha (born 3 May 1944) is a Nepalese politician and former Governor of Province No. 2. He was appointed as a governor of Province No. 2 by the Government of Nepal on 17 January 2018.[3][4] He served as a Governor of Province No. 2 from 19 January 2018 to 03 November 2019.[5][6][7]

Earlier, he was the Secretary at Ministry of Agriculture and Director General at Department of Irrigation, Nepal. Kayastha began his political career with Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal in the 2004.

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  2. ^ "को हुन् प्रदेश २ का प्रमुख कायस्थ ? – देशसञ्चार". देशसञ्चार (in Nepali). 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
  3. ^ "Government finalises provinces' governors and temporary headquarters". nepaleKhabar. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
  4. ^ "Govt names temporary capitals, governors". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
  5. ^ Sansar, Nepali (2019-11-04). "Nepal President Bhandari Dismiss All Seven Provinces' Governors". Nepali Sansar. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  6. ^ "Newly-appointed provincial governors sworn-in". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
  7. ^ "सम्माननीय राष्ट्रपतिज्यूसमक्ष नवनियुक्त प्रदेश प्रमुखज्यूहरुबाट प्रदेश प्रमुख पदको पद तथा गोपनियताको शपथग्रहण". www.presidentofnepal.gov.np (in Nepali). Retrieved 2018-03-13.