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
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
Suga Bhawani (now Jaleshwar), Mahottari, Province No. 2, Nepal
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. He served as a Governor of Province No. 2 from 19 January 2018 to 03 November 2019.

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.