Vice President of Nepal
Template:Short description Template:Infobox Political post Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists The vice president of Nepal (Template:Langx, 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'.[1]
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
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Election | President |
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| style="background-color:Template:Party color"|1 | Template:CSS image crop | Parmanand Jha (परमानन्द झा) (born 1946)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
23 July 2008 | 31 October 2015 | Template:Age in years and days | Template:Party shortname linked | 2008 2011 |
Ram Baran Yadav |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" |2 | Nanda Kishor Pun (नन्दबहादुर पुन) (born 1966)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
31 October 2015 | 20 March 2023 | Template:Age in years and days | Template:Party shortname linked | 2015 2018 |
Bidya Devi Bhandari | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"|3 | File:Vpn final photo.jpg | Ram Sahaya Yadav (राम सहाय प्रसाद यादव) (born 1971)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
20 March 2023 | Incumbent | Template:Age in years and days | Template:Party shortname linked | 2023 | Ram Chandra Paudel |
See also
References
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- ↑ eKantipur.com – Nepal's No.1 News Portal
- ↑ See Clause 159 of the interim constitution
- ↑ Nepal becomes a federal democratic republic Template:Webarchive, Nepalnews.com, 2008-05-28, accessed on 2008-07-20
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