President of Nepal
| President of Nepal
नेपालको राष्ट्रपति | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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 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 Bidhya Devi Bhandari, elected in October 2015.
List of presidents of Nepal[change | change source]
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (2007–present)[change | change source]
- Status
Denotes Acting Head of State
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took Office | Left Office | |||||
| 1 | .jpg)
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Girija Prasad Koirala (1925–2010)[1] |
15 January 2007 | 23 July 2008 | Nepali Congress | |
| 2 | 
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Ram Baran Yadav (1948–) |
23 July 2008 | 29 October 2015 | Nepali Congress | |
| 3 | Parmanand Jha (1946–) |
29 October 2015 | 29 October 2015 | Nepali Congress | ||
| 4 | Nanda Bahadur Pun (1966–) |
29 October 2015 | 29 October 2015 | Nepali Congress | ||
| 5 | 
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Bidhya Devi Bhandari (1961–) |
29 October 2015 | Incumbent | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
- ↑ Simultaneously served as Prime Minister, from 25 April 2006 – 18 August 2008