Kamal Thapa (Nepali: कमल थापा; born 4 August 1955) is a Nepalese politician belonging to Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal.
His father Chhatra Bahadur Thapa was a Colonel in the Royal Nepal Army while his mother was a homemaker.
His elder brother is Lt General (Retd) Netra Bahadur Thapa while his younger brother is former President of All Nepal Football Association Ganesh Thapa, who has been involved in the development of football as a professional sport in Nepal.
Kamal Thapa represented Nepal as a football player having played for Narayani Zone and Sankata Boys Sports Club.
Kamal Thapa still voices for the need of Kingship in a country like Nepal where there are diverse group of people.
In his statement-"म राजा होइन राजसंस्थाको कुरा गरिरहेको छु" He holds the office of deputy prime minister of Nepal in cabinet of Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli on 12 October 2015.
Similarly, sovereignty of the people, competitive multi-party democracy, constitutional monarchy and the principle of rule of law are the political belief of the party.
Despite having common agreement on major political issues, unfortunately, due to some technical differences two separate organizations with identical name, ideology and statute came into existence on the same day.
Former prime-minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand and Rajeshore Devkota were elected respectively as leader and co-chairman of the party.
Prakash Chandra Lohani, Pashupati Shamsher Rana and Kamal Thapa were nominated as vice-chairman, general secretary and spokesman respectively.
According to the party statute Padam Sunder Lawoti, Kamal Thapa and Roshan Karki were nominated as vice-chairman, general secretary and spokesperson.
The special general convention passed a vote of no confidence motion against Pashupati Shamsher Rana and elected Kamal Thapa as chairman of the party.
Rabindra Nath Sharma resigned from the post of chairman because of his poor health by the second week of Falgun, 2064 and the chairmanship of the party was handed over to Kamal Thapa again.