President of Nepal
| President of Nepal
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| Government of Nepal Nepalese Armed Forces | |
| Style | The Right Honourable His 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 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.
The first President of Nepal was Ram Baran Yadav. The current president is Ram Chandra Poudel elected in March 2023.
List of presidents of Nepal[change | change source]
- Status
Denotes Acting Head of State
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took Office | Left Office | ||||
| — | Girija Prasad Koirala (1925–2010)[1] |
15 January 2007 | 23 July 2008 | Nepali Congress | |
| 1 | Ram Baran Yadav (1948–) |
23 July 2008 | 29 October 2015 | Nepali Congress | |
| 2 | Bidhya Devi Bhandari (1961–) |
29 October 2015 | 13 March 2023 | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| 3 | Ram Chandra Poudel (1944–) |
13 March 2023 | Incumbent | Nepali Congress | |
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References[change | change source]
- ↑ Simultaneously served as Prime Minister, from 25 April 2006 – 18 August 2008
