Ram Chandra Poudel

His Excellency
The Right Honourable

Ram Chandra Poudel
His Excellency; The Right Honourable; Ram Chandra Poudel
रामचन्द्र पौडेल
	Official portrait, 2024
3rd President of Nepal
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 13 March 2023
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal; KP Sharma Oli
Vice President	Nanda Kishor Pun; Ram Sahaya Yadav
Preceded by	Bidya Devi Bhandari
Speaker of the House of Representatives
	In office; 18 December 1994 – 23 March 1999
Monarch	Birendra
Deputy	Ram Vilas Yadav ; Lila Shrestha Subba
Preceded by	Daman Nath Dhungana
Succeeded by	Taranath Ranabhat
Monarch	In office; 1999–2002
Ministerial positions
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs
	In office; 1999–2002
Monarch	Gyanendra
Prime Minister	Krishna Prasad Bhattarai; Girija Prasad Koirala; Sher Bahadur Deuba
Minister for Peace and Reconstruction
	In office; 2007–2008
President	Girija Prasad Koirala (Acting)
Prime Minister	Girija Prasad Koirala
Minister for Local Development and Agriculture
	In office; 1991–1994
Monarch	Birendra
Prime Minister	Girija Prasad Koirala
Preceded by	In office; 22 December 2022 – 9 March 2023
Parliamentary offices
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
	In office; 22 December 2022 – 9 March 2023
Preceded by	Krishna Kumar Shrestha
Succeeded by	TBD
Constituency	Tanahun 1
	In office; October 1994 – May 2002
Preceded by	Govinda Raj Joshi
Succeeded by	Himself (as member of Constituent Assembly)
Constituency	Tanahun 2
	In office; May 1991 – August 1994
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Govinda Raj Joshi
Constituency	Tanahun 1
Member of the Constituent Assembly / Legislature Parliament
	In office; 28 May 2008 – 14 October 2017
Preceded by	Himself (as member of Pratinidhi Sabha)
Succeeded by	Kedar Sigdel (as member of Pratinidhi Sabha)
Constituency	Tanahun 2
Vice President of the Nepali Congress
	In office; 2008–2016
Preceded by	Prakash Man Singh; Gopal Man Shrestha
Succeeded by	Bimalendra Nidhi
Personal details
Born	15 October 1944 (age 80); Tanahun, Nepal
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	Independent (since 2023)
Other political; affiliations	Nepali Congress (until 2023)
Spouse(s)	Sabita Poudel
Children	5
Parents	Rishima (mother); Durga Prasad (father)
Occupation	Politician

Ram Chandra Poudel (Nepali: राम चन्द्र पौडेल; born 15 October 1944) is a politician from Nepal who is the third President of Nepal (leader) since March 2023. He used to be a senior leader of the Nepali Congress. Poudel became president on 9 March 2023.^[1]

References

↑ "Ram Chandra Paudel is the new president of Nepal - OnlineKhabar English News". Online Khabar. 9 March 2023. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

[1] "Ram Chandra Paudel is the new president of Nepal - OnlineKhabar English News". Online Khabar. 9 March 2023. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

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