President of Nepal
head of state of Nepal
The President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (Nepali: नेपालको राष्ट्रपति, Nēpālakō rāṣṭrapati) is the head of state of Nepal and commander in chief of the Nepalese Armed Forces. The office was created in May 2008 after the country was declared as a republic.
President of Nepal
नेपालको राष्ट्रपति | |
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Government of Nepal Nepalese Armed Forces | |
Style | The Right Honourable Her Excellency |
Type | Head of state Commander-in-chief |
Residence | Rastrapati Bhawan |
Appointer | Indirect election |
Term length | Five years, renewable once consecutively |
Inaugural holder | Ram Baran Yadav |
Formation | 28 May 2008 |
Deputy | Vice President of Nepal |
Website | Office of the President of Nepal |
The first President of Nepal was Ram Baran Yadav. The current president is Bidhya Devi Bhandari, elected in October 2015.
List of presidents of NepalEdit
Acting Head of state
Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Party | Took office | Left office |
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Girija Prasad Koirala (1924–2010) |
Nepali Congress | 15 January 2007 (Monarchy abolished on 28 May 2008) |
23 July 2008 (Resigned) |
- Presidents of Nepal
№ | Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Party | Elected | Took office | Left office | Vice President | Votes |
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1 | Ram Baran Yadav (1948–) |
Nepali Congress | 2008 | 23 July 2008 | 29 October 2015 | Parmanand Jha | 308 / 601 (2nd round) | |
2 | Bidhya Devi Bhandari (1961–) |
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 2015 | 29 October 2015 | 14 March 2018 | Nanda Kishor Pun | 327 / 601
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2018 | 14 March 2018 | Incumbent (Term expires on 14 March 2023) |
39,275 / 52,569
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