Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (c. 100 BC – 55 BC) was an ancient Roman politician during the Late Republic. He was a son of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos and served as tribune of the plebs in 62 BC, consul in 57 BC, and the governor of Hispania Citerior from 56–55 BC.
Early in his career, Nepos served under Pompey during the war against the pirates and the Third Mithridatic War. Returning to Rome in 63 BC, he served as a Pompeian ally in the plebeian tribunate. But after Pompey broke with his family on his return to Italy in 62 BC, Nepos became one of Pompey's opponents, especially after the formation of the so-called First Triumvirate in 59 BC. Elected against the wishes of the triumvirs in 57 BC to a consulship, he supported his cousin Clodius against Pompey's ally Milo and opposed Pompey's attempts to secure another military command, but regardless supported the recall of Cicero from exile.
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Family
Nepos was a member of the powerful, plebeian gens Caecilia. He was the son of another Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos and Licinia Prima. His paternal grandfather was Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus. Nepos had two siblings. An older brother Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer, the consul of 60 BCE. Through his mother's first marriage to Pontifex Maximus Quintus Mucius Scaevola he was the half-brother of Mucia Tertia the later wife of Pompey the Great.