Durga Prasad Bhattarai (born 25 April 1961[citation needed]) is a Nepali career diplomat who is currently the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations in New York City.

Bhattarai was appointed to his current post in July 2013 and presented his credentials to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on August 19 of that year.

Before assuming his current post, Bhattarai served as the Permanent Secretary of Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Bhattarai was educated at Tribhuvan University in Nepal, where he received a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Business Administration.

He holds an MA in Regional Development from the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague, the Netherlands.