President of Nepal

President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Coat of Arms of Nepal
Incumbent Bidhya Devi Bhandari since 29 October 2015
Style	The Right Honourable
Residence	Shital Niwas
Appointer	Indirect election
Term length	Five years, renewable once in succession
Inaugural holder	Ram Baran Yadav
Formation	28 May 2008 (2008-05-28)
Deputy	Vice President of Nepal
Salary	NPR 1,09,410 (monthly)[1]
Website	www.presidentofnepal.gov.np

The President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (Nepali: राष्ट्रपति) is the head of state of Nepal. The office was created after the country was declared a republic in May 2008. The first President of Nepal was Ram Baran Yadav. The current President of Nepal is Bidhya Devi Bhandari, elected in October 2015. She is the first female head of state of Nepal. The President is to be formally addressed as "The Right Honourable (Nepali: सम्माननीय)".

Election and powers

The President is elected by an electoral college comprising the Parliament of Nepal and the members of the provincial legislatures.

Whoever receives a majority of the delegates' votes is elected. If no one receives a majority in the first round, runoffs are held between the top two candidates until one receives a majority.

The presidential term is five years. A President may be elected any number of times, but not more than twice in succession.

The President's powers are almost entirely ceremonial. In most parliamentary republics, the president is vested with executive powers on paper, but is bound by convention to act on the advice of the prime minister and the government. In Nepal, however, the President is not even the nominal chief executive, as the Constitution explicitly vests executive power in the Council of Ministers and the Prime Minister.

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. During the suspension of the monarchy, Girija Prasad Koirala, then Prime Minister of Nepal, acted as Head of State. On 28 May 2008, the Assembly voted to abolish the monarchy. Dr. Ram Baran Yadav won the historic election from the Constituent Assembly, and was sworn in as the nation's first president ending a 247 year old monarchy.

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

№	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Elected	Took office	Left office	Vice President	Votes
1	Ram Baran Yadav (1948–)		Nepali presidential election of 2008	23 July 2008	29 October 2015	Parmanand Jha	308 / 601 (2nd round)
2	Bidhya Devi Bhandari (1961–)		Nepali presidential election of 2015	29 October 2015	Incumbent	Nanda Kishor Pun	327 / 601
			Bidhya Devi Bhandari had previously held the post of Minister of Defence in the Government of Nepal

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See also

Nepal
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Executive President Bidhya Devi Bhandari Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba
Legislature Legislature Parliament Speaker: Onsari Gharti Magar Deputy Speaker: Ganga Prasad Yadav
Judiciary Supreme Court Acting Chief Justice: Gopal Parajuli
Elections Election Commission Political parties Recent elections Parliamentary: 2008 2013 Presidential: 2008 2015 Local: 2017
Administrative divisions Provinces Districts Municipality Rural Municipality
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic missions of Nepal to Nepal Passport Visa requirements
Related topics Democracy movement Civil War
Other countries Atlas

• King of Nepal
• List of heads of state of Nepal, for a comprehensive list of Nepalese heads of state since 1768
• List of Prime Ministers of Nepal
• Vice President of Nepal

References

External links

• Office of the President of Nepal