| Vice President of The Federal of Democratic Republic of Nepal | |
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| Style | His Excellency |
| Type | Deputy to theHead of state |
| Appointer | Indirect election |
| Term length | Five years |
| Inaugural holder | Parmanand Jha |
| Formation | 28 May 2008; 17 years ago (2008-05-28) |
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Thevice president of Nepal (Nepali:नेपालको उपराष्ट्रपति,Nēpālako uparāṣṭrapati) is the deputy to thepresident of Nepal. The position was created when theNepalese monarchy was abolished in May 2008. The current vice-president of Nepal isRam Sahaya Yadav. The vice president is to be formally addressed as 'His Excellency'.[1]
Under theinterim constitution adopted in January 2007, all powers of governance were removed from the King of Nepal, and theNepalese Constituent Assembly elected in the2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election was to decide in its first meeting whether to continue the monarchy or to declare arepublic.[2] On 28 May 2008 the Assembly had voted to abolish the monarchy.[3]
The Fifth Amendment to the Interim Constitution established that thepresident, vice-president,prime minister andConstituent 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 the2008 Nepalese presidential election. The parties failed to agree on candidates for president or vice president, so an election took place.Parmananda Jha of theMadhesi Janadhikar Forum was elected with the support of theNepali Congress and theCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Election | President |
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| 1 |  | Parmanand Jha (परमानन्द झा) (born 1946) | 23 July 2008 | 31 October 2015 | 7 years, 100 days | MJF-N | 2008 2011 | Ram Baran Yadav |
| 2 |  | Nanda Kishor Pun (नन्दबहादुर पुन) (born 1966) | 31 October 2015 | 20 March 2023 | 7 years, 140 days | Maoist Centre | 2015 2018 | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
| 3 | | Ram Sahaya Yadav (राम सहाय प्रसाद यादव) (born 1971) | 20 March 2023 | Incumbent | 2 years, 332 days | PSP-Nepal | 2023 | Ram Chandra Paudel |
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