President of Nepal

President of Nepal
Coat of Arms of Nepal
Incumbent Dr. Ram Baran Yadav since 23 July 2008
Style	The Right Honourable
Appointer	Indirect Election
Inaugural holder	Ram Baran Yadav
Formation	28 May 2008 (2008-05-28) (4 years ago)

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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) ."

History of the Presidency

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.

Presidents of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (2008–Present)

#	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term of Office			Political Party
			Took Office	Left Office	Days
-		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

Latest election

See also

• List of monarchs of Nepal
• List of Prime Ministers of Nepal
• Vice President of Nepal

References

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