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{{Short description|Deputy to the Nepalese head of state}}
{{Infobox Political post
| post = Vice President
| body = the<br />Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
| insignia = File:Emblem of Nepal (alternative).svg
| insigniasize = 150px
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of Nepal]]
| flag = Flag of Nepal.svg
| flagsize = 100
| flagcaption = [[Flag of Nepal]]
| image = Vpn final photo.jpg
| imagesize = 
| incumbent = [[Ram Sahaya Yadav]]
| incumbentsince = 20 March 2023
| style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]
| appointer = [[Indirect election]]
| type = Deputy to the [[Head of state]]
| termlength = Five years
| formation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|2008|05|28}}
| inaugural = [[Parmanand Jha]]
| website = 
}}
{{Politics of Nepal}}
The '''vice president of Nepal''' ({{langx|ne|नेपालको उपराष्ट्रपति}}, ''Nēpālako uparāṣṭrapati'') is the deputy to the [[president 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'.<ref>[http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=154593 eKantipur.com – Nepal's No.1 News Portal<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

== History ==
Under the [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nepal_Interim_Constitution2007.pdf 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]].<ref>See Clause 159 of the [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nepal_Interim_Constitution2007.pdf interim constitution]</ref> On 28 May 2008 the Assembly had voted to abolish the monarchy.<ref>[http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/may/may28/news18.php Nepal becomes a federal democratic republic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117050801/http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/may/may28/news18.php |date=2016-01-17 }}, ''Nepalnews.com'', 2008-05-28, accessed on 2008-07-20</ref>

The Fifth Amendment to the Interim Constitution established that the [[President of Nepal|president]], vice-president, [[Prime Minister of Nepal|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 [[Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal|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 ==
{|class="wikitable sortable sticky-header" style=text-align:center;
|+ {{sronly|List of vice presidents of Nepal from 2008 – till date.}}
! {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! Portrait
! width="120%" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
! Party
! Election
! President 
|- 
! style="background-color:{{party color|Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal}}"|'''1'''
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| [[Parmanand Jha]]<br />(परमानन्द झा)<br />{{small|(born 1946)}}
| 23 July 2008
| 31 October 2015
| {{Age in years and days|23 July 2008|31 October 2015}}
| {{Party shortname linked|Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal}}
| [[2008 Nepalese presidential election|2008]]<br/> 2011
| [[Ram Baran Yadav]]
|- 
! style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" |'''2''' 
| 
| [[Nanda Kishor Pun]]<br />(नन्दबहादुर पुन)<br />{{small|(born 1966)}}
| 31 October 2015
| 20 March 2023
| {{Age in years and days|31 October 2015|20 March 2023}}
| {{Party shortname linked|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}
| [[2015 Nepalese presidential election|2015]]<br/> [[2018 Nepalese presidential election|2018]]
| [[Bidya Devi Bhandari]]
|-
! style="background-color:{{party color|People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020)}}"|'''3'''
| [[File:Vpn final photo.jpg|90px]]
| [[Ram Sahaya Yadav]]<br />(राम सहाय प्रसाद यादव)<br />{{small|(born 1971)}}
| 20 March 2023
| Incumbent
| {{Age in years and days|20 March 2023}}
| {{Party shortname linked|People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020)}}
| [[2023 Nepalese vice presidential election|2023]]
| [[Ram Chandra Paudel]]
|-
|}

== See also ==
* [[President of Nepal]]
* [[List of current vice presidents]]

== References ==
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{{Nepal topics}}
{{Government of Nepal}}

[[Category:Vice presidents of Nepal|*]]
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[[Category:2008 establishments in Nepal]]
[[Category:History of Nepal (2008–present)]]