Rabi Lamichhane
Rabi Lamichhane | |
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| रवि लामिछाने | |
Rabi Lamichhane during a Media Briefing in 2024 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal | |
| In office 6 March 2024 – 15 July 2024 | |
| President | Ram Chandra Poudel |
| Prime Minister | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Preceded by | Purna Bahadur Khadka |
| Succeeded by | Prakash Man Singh Bishnu Prasad Paudel |
| In office 26 December 2022 – 27 January 2023 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Preceded by | Raghubir Mahaseth Rajendra Mahato |
| Succeeded by | Purna Bahadur Khadka |
| Minister of Home Affairs | |
| In office 6 March 2024 – 15 July 2024 | |
| President | Ram Chandra Poudel |
| Prime Minister | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Preceded by | Narayan Kaji Shrestha |
| Succeeded by | Ramesh Lekhak |
| In office 26 December 2022 – 27 January 2023 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Preceded by | Bal Krishna Khand |
| Succeeded by | Narayan Kaji Shrestha |
| Chairman of Rastriya Swatantra Party | |
| Assumed office 29 January 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Dol Prasad Aryal (acting) |
| In office 1 July 2022 – 27 January 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Dol Prasad Aryal (acting) |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| Assumed office 28 April 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Krishna Bhakta Pokhrel |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Constituency | Chitwan 2 |
| In office 22 December 2022 – 27 January 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| Constituency | Chitwan 2 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 June 1975 Nagarkot, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Nationality | Nepal Nepalese (until 2007; 2023–present) USA American (2007–2017) |
| Political party | Rastriya Swatantra Party |
| Spouse(s) |
Isha Lamichhane
(m. 1995; div. 2019) |
| Children | 2 daughters (with Isha Lamichhane), 1 son (affair with a foreign woman) |
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Rabi Lamichhane (Nepali: रवि लामिछाने; Nepali pronunciation: [ɾʌbi lamit͡sʰane] is a Nepalese politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of Nepal. He has also been serving as the president of the Rastriya Swatantra Party since 2022. An ex-journalist, Lamichhane became a member of the House of Representatives from Chitwan 2 on 28 April 2023, having previously represented the constituency from December 2022 to January 2023 before being stripped of his position by the Supreme Court.
Prior to entering politics, Lamichhane was a television personality where he gained popularity.