Rajendra Chhetri

General Rajendra Chhetri is a Nepali military officer and former Chief of [Army Staff (Nepal)|Chief of Army Staff] of the Nepalese Army, He was conferred Honorary General of the Indian Army.

Career

Chhetri joined the Nepal Army as a lieutenant on October 24, 1978, and was commissioned into the Rajdal Battalion from Kharipati.
He completed war-college from the United States. He was promoted to major general in November 2011, and to lieutenant general in February 2015.
He assumed office of the Chief of Army Staff on 10 September 2015, following the retirement of General Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana.

Family

He was born in 1960 as the second son of Colonel Gopal Bahadur Khatri Kshatri and Pramila Kshatri in Dudhekuna village, Chok Chisapani VDC of Tanahun District. He is married to Rita Chhetri.