Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency General |
Dharmapal Barsingh Thapa | |
Birth Place: | Bhurumkhel, Nepal |
Death Place: | Kathmandu, Nepal |
Father: | Netra Bahadur Thapa |
Alma Mater: | Tribhuvan University, US Army War College[1] |
Rank: | General |
Office: | Chief of Army Staff of Nepal Army |
Term Start: | 1995 |
Term End: | 1999 |
Predecessor: | Gadul Shumsher J.B. Rana[2] |
Successor: | Prajwal Shumsher J.B. Rana |
Awards: | Nepal Tara (First Class), Gorkha Dakshin Bahu (First Class) |
Battles: | Nepalese civil war |
Native Name Lang: | ne |
Dharmapal Barsingh Thapa (Nepali: धर्मपाल वरसिँह थापा; 1939 – 16 May 2024) was a Nepali military officer who was the Chief of Army Staff (1995–1999) and Director of Avant venture.[3]
Thapa died of lung disease on 16 May 2024, at the age of 85.[4]