Narayan Kaji Shrestha

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Honourable Narayan Kaji Shrestha MP
नारायणकाजी श्रेष्ठ
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
In office 26 December 2022 – 15 July 2024
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari Ram Chandra Poudel
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Vice President	Nanda Kishor Pun Ram Sahaya Yadav
Preceded by	Raghubir Mahaseth Rajendra Mahato
Succeeded by	Prakash Man Singh Bishnu Prasad Paudel
In office 4 September 2011 – 14 March 2013
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Baburam Bhattarai
Vice President	Parmanand Jha
Preceded by	Upendra Yadav Krishna Bahadur Mahara
Succeeded by	Prakash Man Singh Bam Dev Gautam
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 6 March 2024 – 15 July 2024
President	Ram Chandra Poudel
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded by	Narayan Prakash Saud
Succeeded by	Arzu Rana Deuba
In office 4 September 2011 – 14 March 2013
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Baburam Bhattarai
Preceded by	Sujata Koirala
Succeeded by	Ishwor Pokhrel
Minister of Home Affairs
In office 31 March 2023 – 4 March 2024
President	Ram Chandra Poudel
Prime Minister	Puspa Kamal Dahal
Preceded by	Rabi Lamichhane
Succeeded by	Rabi Lamichhane
In office 6 August 2011 – 29 August 2011
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Jhala Nath Khanal
Preceded by	Krishna Bahadur Mahara
Succeeded by	Bijay Kumar Gachhadar
Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transportation
In office 26 December 2022 – 31 March 2023
President	Bidya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded by	Mohammad Estiyak Rai
Succeeded by	Prakash Jwala
Member of the Parliament, Rastriya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 March 2023
Preceded by	Surendra Raj Pandey
Constituency	Gandaki Province
Personal details
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	CPN (Maoist Centre)
Spouse	Unmarried

Narayan Kaji Shrestha (Nepali: नारायणकाजी श्रेष्ठ), alias Prakash, is a Nepali communist politician currently serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal. He has been affiliated with a number of communist parties throughout his political career, holding leadership positions. He was a freedom fighter for the democratic movement to abolish the Panchayat system in the 1980s. He remained in the political mainstream during the Maoist civil war and acted as a mediator. After the peaceful settlement of the conflict, he formally joined the Maoist party and has held important political positions since 2008. He has held the offices of the Deputy prime minister of Nepal, Home minister, foreign minister, cabinet spokesperson, Member of Constituent Assembly and Member of Parliament, among others and currently serve as the home minister.