Rabindra Pratap Shah

IGP Rabindra Pratap Shah
रवीन्द्र प्रताप शाह
Member of Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014
President	Dr. Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Sushil Koirala
23rd Inspector General of Nepal Police
In office 2 June 2011 – 12 September 2012
President	Dr. Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Jhalanath Khanal
Preceded by	Ramesh Chand Thakuri
Succeeded by	Kuber Singh Rana
Personal details
Born	27 June 1957 Maidi, Dhading District
Citizenship	Nepalese
Nationality	Nepal
Political party	CPN-Maoist
Spouse(s)	Sangam Shah
Relations	Bishnu Pratap Shah (Elder brother)
Children	Avishkar Pratap Shah (son) Vaishally Shah (daughter)
Alma mater	Tribhuvan University
Occupation	Politician, Police officer
Religion	Hinduism

Hon. Rabindra Pratap Shah (born 27 June 1957) was, as of 2012, Inspector General of Nepal Police of the Nepal Police. On 2 June 2011, he assumed the duties of the chief of Nepal Police, after succeeding Ramesh Chand Thakuri. Shah was born in Maidi in the Dhading District, and graduated from Tribhuvan University with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration.

Shah joined the Nepalese police service on 1 September 1982, as an Inspector of Police. Later he served sequentially as In-Charge of six District Police Offices and three Zonal Police Offices. He was promoted to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police in 2006 and served as the Director of the Training Directorate as well as Chief of a Regional Police Office.^[1]

As of 2014, Former police chief Rabindra Pratap Shah is now a Constituent Assembly (CA) member representing the UCPN (Maoist) party. ^[2]

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