Committee of National Youth Service Fund. He was also a cabinet member during the Panchayat rule, rising to the hold portfolios in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Local Development and Ministry of Housing and Physical Planning. He was the member of Parliament during 1986–1990 and 1995–1998. He was the spokesman for Rastriya Prajatantra Party (1992–2002) and general secretary in 2003. He was also a national level football player in his early days. He also served as the president of All Nepal Football Association (1978–87) and as member of National Sports Council (1977–1987). He was also the executive member of Asian Football Confederation (1982–1990). Currently, he is the chairman of newly formed Rastriya Prajatantra Party. Political career Relationship with King Gyanendra Kamal Thapa is known to have a good relationship with ex-monarch Gyanendra Shah, as Kamal Thapa actively took part in the government as homeminister under Shah. But, Gyanendra Shah and Kamal Thapa have never been spotted together publicly after Nepal became a republic. Kamal Thapa still voices for the need of Kingship in a country like Nepal where there are diverse group of people. Thapa states -" I do not voice for king but rather for royal institution (राजसंस्था ) ". In his statement-"म राजा होइन राजसंस्थाको कुरा गरिरहेको छु" Deputy prime minister He holds the office of deputy prime minister of Nepal in cabinet of Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli on 12 October 2015. Forming of Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal Rastriya Prajatantra Party was established on 15th Jestha, 2047 B.S. with an objective of providing an alternative democratic force to the nation. Nationalism, democracy and liberalism have remained as the three main ideological pillars of the party. 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. Two RPPs contested the general election of 2048 B.S. separately. Obviously the results were not encouraging. Following the serious debacle in the election, under the pressure of party workers two RPPs decided to merge. RPP held its first general convention in 2050 B.S. in Kathmandu, and unanimously elected former prime-minister Surya Bahadur Thapa as chairman. Former prime-minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand and Rajeshore Devkota were elected respectively as leader