The vice president of Nepal (, 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'.
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.See Clause 159 of the interim constitution On 28 May 2008 the Assembly had voted to abolish the monarchy.Nepal becomes a federal democratic republic , Nepalnews.com, 2008-05-28, accessed on 2008-07-20
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 + PortraitName Took office Left office Time in office Party Election President 1 Parmanand Jha(परमानन्द झा) 23 July 2008 31 October 2015 2008 2011 Ram Baran Yadav2 Nanda Kishor Pun(नन्दबहादुर पुन) 31 October 2015 20 March 2023 2015 2018 Bidya Devi Bhandari3 Ram Sahaya Yadav(राम सहाय प्रसाद यादव) 20 March 2023 Incumbent 2023 Ram Chandra Paudel
See also President of Nepal List of current vice presidents
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