Rabi Lamichhane

Rabi Lamichhane
रवि लामिछाने
Rabi Lamichhane during a Media Briefing in 2024
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
6 March 2024  15 July 2024
PresidentRam Chandra Poudel
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded byPurna Bahadur Khadka
Succeeded byPrakash Man Singh
Bishnu Prasad Paudel
In office
26 December 2022  27 January 2023
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded byRaghubir Mahaseth
Rajendra Mahato
Succeeded byPurna Bahadur Khadka
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
6 March 2024  15 July 2024
PresidentRam Chandra Poudel
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded byNarayan Kaji Shrestha
Succeeded byRamesh Lekhak
In office
26 December 2022  27 January 2023
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded byBal Krishna Khand
Succeeded byNarayan Kaji Shrestha
Chairman of Rastriya Swatantra Party
Assumed office
29 January 2023
Preceded byDol Prasad Aryal (acting)
In office
1 July 2022  27 January 2023
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byDol Prasad Aryal (acting)
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
28 April 2023
Preceded byKrishna Bhakta Pokhrel
Succeeded byHimself
ConstituencyChitwan 2
In office
22 December 2022  27 January 2023
Preceded byHimself
ConstituencyChitwan 2
Personal details
Born (1975-06-11) 11 June 1975
Nagarkot, Kathmandu, Nepal
Nationality   Nepal Nepalese (until 2007; 2023–present)
 USA American (2007–2017)
Political partyRastriya Swatantra Party
Spouse(s)
Isha Lamichhane
(m. 1995; div. 2019)

(m. 2019)
Children2 daughters (with Isha Lamichhane), 1 son (affair with a foreign woman)
Parent
  • Lal Chandra Lamichhane (father)
Profession
  • Journalist
  • Politician


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.