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Ram Bahadur Thapa

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Nepali politician

Ram Bahadur Thapa
राम बहादुर थापा "बादल"

Deputy chairman ofCPN (UML)
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 November 2021
Minister forHome Affairs
In office 26 February 2018 – 20 May 2021
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Khadga Prasad Oli
Preceded by	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Succeeded by	Khagaraj Adhikari
Member ofNational Assembly fromBagmati
In office 2017 – 18 April 2021
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	Dr. Khim Lal Devkota
Minister of Defence
In office 18 August 2008 – 25 May 2009
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal

Personal details
Born	(1955-05-12)12 May 1955 (age 69)^[1] Gulmi,Nepal
Political party	CPN (UML) (2021-present)
Other political affiliations	Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) (2016-2018) Nepal Communist Party (NCP) (2018-2021)

Ram Bahadur Thapa (Nepali:राम बहादुर थापा), also widely known by his nom de guerre Badal, is aNepali politician and formerMinister for Home Affairs.^[2]^[3]^[4] He is the vice president ofCPN (UML).^[5]

Before the establishment of theNepal Communist Party, he was General Secretary of theCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre).^[6] He was formerly the member ofNational Assembly fromBagmati Province.

Thapa was theMinister for Defence during theKatawal incident, which led to the resignation ofPushpa Kamal Dahal.^[7]

Thapa led a group of MPs, MLAs and fellow leaders who joinedCPN (UML) leavingCPN (Maoist Centre) following the split inNepal Communist Party.^[8]

Chitwan-2
Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Ram Bahadur Thapa	21,409
	Nepali Congress	Eknath Rababhat	13,009
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Kashi Nath Adhikari	11,312
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Bhagwati Ghimire	2,179
	Others		1,775
Invalid votes			2,272
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission^[9]