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| Style | The Right Honourable |
| Appointer | Indirect Election |
| Inaugural holder | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Formation | 28 May 2008 |
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The position of President of Nepal (Nepali: राष्ट्रपति) constitutes the head of state of Nepal and was created after the country was declared a republic in May 2008. Girija Prasad Koirala was the first head of state of Nepal elected by the major parties on 19 May 2006. The current head of state of Nepal is President Ram Baran Yadav, elected in July 2008,. The President is to be formally addressed as "The Right Honourable (Nepali: सम्माननीय) ."
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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 Constituent Assembly election was to decide in its first meeting whether to continue the monarchy or to declare a republic. On 28 May 2008, the Assembly voted to abolish the monarchy.
| # | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
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| - | Head of State Girija Prasad Koirala (1925–2010) |
15 January 2007 | 23 July 2008 | 740 | Nepali Congress | |
| 2 | President Ram Baran Yadav (1948) |
23 July 2008 | Incumbent | 1406 | Nepali Congress | |
| Party | Presidential candidate | Vice-presidential candidate |
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| Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) | Ramraja Prasad Singh | Shanta Shrestha |
| Nepali Congress | Ram Baran Yadav | Min Bahadur Bishwokarma |
| Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | Ramprit Paswan | Astha Laxmi Shakya |
| Madhesi Janadhikar Forum | Parmanand Jha |
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