Rajendra Prasad Lingden

Honourable
Rajendra Prasad Lingden
MP
Honourable Rajendra Prasad Lingden MP
राजेन्द्र प्रसाद लिङ्देन
	Lingden in 2022
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
	In office; 17 January 2023 – 25 February 2023 Serving with Bishnu Prasad Paudel, Narayan Kaji Shrestha and Rabi Lamichhane
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
	In office; 17 January 2023 – 25 February 2023
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded by	Pampha Bhusal
Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 December 2021
Preceded by	Kamal Thapa; Pashupati Shamsher JBR; Prakash Chandra Lohani
Member of Pratinidhi Sabha
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 4 March 2018
Preceded by	Krishna Prasad Sitaula
Constituency	Jhapa 3
Personal details
Born	7 September 1965 (age 58); Panchthar District, Nepal
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	Rastriya Prajatantra Party
Other political; affiliations	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal
Spouse	Sita Thapa
Parent(s)	Man Prasad Lingden (father); Dhan Kumari Lingden (mother)

Rajendra Prasad Lingden is a Nepali politician and former Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal. He also served as the Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation. He is also the chairman of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP). He served as a member of the 1st Federal Parliament of Nepal from March 2018.^[2] He was re-elected in 2022 in the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal.^[3]

^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 May 2023.
^ "RPP Chairman Lingden resigns as lawmaker to put pressure on ruling parties to end term of current parliament". Republica. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
^ "RPP President Rajendra Lingden elected from Jhapa-3". Republica. 24 November 2022. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2023.