Vice President of Nepal

The vice president of Nepal (Nepali: नेपालको उपराष्ट्रपति, Nēpālako uparāṣṭrapati) is the deputy to the head of state of Nepal. The position was created when the Nepalese monarchy was abolished in May 2008. The current vice-president of Nepal is Ram Sahaya Yadav. The vice president is to be formally addressed as 'His Excellency'.[1]

Vice President of the
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Emblem of Nepal
Incumbent
Ram Sahaya Yadav
since 20 March 2023
StyleHis Excellency
TypeDeputy to the Head of state
AppointerIndirect election
Term lengthFive years
Inaugural holderParmanand Jha
Formation28 May 2008 (2008-05-28)
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History

Under the interim constitution adopted in January 2007, all powers of governance were removed from the King of Nepal, and the Nepalese Constituent Assembly elected in the 2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election was to decide in its first meeting whether to continue the monarchy or to declare a republic.[2] On 28 May 2008 the Assembly had voted to abolish the monarchy.[3]

The Fifth Amendment to the Interim Constitution established that the president, vice-president, prime minister and Constituent Assembly chairman and vice-chairman would all be elected on the basis of a "political understanding". However, if one were not forthcoming, they could be elected by a simple majority.

The first election was the 2008 Nepalese presidential election. The parties failed to agree on candidates for president or vice president, so an election took place. Parmananda Jha of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum was elected with the support of the Nepali Congress and the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)

List of vice presidents
No. Name
(Birth–Death)		 Portrait Elected Took office Left office President
1 Parmanand Jha
(born 1946)
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 2008
2011		 23 July 2008 31 October 2015 Ram Baran Yadav
2 Nanda Kishor Pun
(born 1966)		 2015
2018		 31 October 2015 20 March 2023 Bidya Devi Bhandari
3 Ram Sahaya Yadav
(born 1971)		 2023 20 March 2023 Incumbent Ram Chandra Paudel

See also

References
  1. eKantipur.com – Nepal's No.1 News Portal
  2. See Clause 159 of the interim constitution
  3. Nepal becomes a federal democratic republic Archived 2016-01-17 at the Wayback Machine, Nepalnews.com, 2008-05-28, accessed on 2008-07-20
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