Ram Baran Yadav
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Ram Baran Yadav
रामवरण यादव |
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 Yadav in 2008. |
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| Assumed office 23 July 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Girija Prasad Koirala Pushpa Kamal Dahal Madhav Kumar Nepal |
| Vice President | Parmanand Jha |
| Preceded by | Girija Prasad Koirala (Acting) |
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| Born | 4 February 1948 Saphai VDC-9, Dhanusha, Nepal |
| Political party | Nepali Congress |
| Religion | Hindu |
Ram Baran Yadav (Nepali: रामवरण यादव) (born 4 February 1948)[citation needed] is the current President of Nepal. He was elected in July 2008 and is the country's first President. He previously served as Minister of Health and as General Secretary of the Nepali Congress party.
Yadav was the Minister of State for Health in the 1991-1994 Nepali Congress government.[1] He was elected to the House of Representatives in the 1999 election as a candidate of the Nepali Congress.[2] After that election, he became Minister of Health.[3][4]
In May 2007, Yadav's residence in Janakpur was attacked by militants of the Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM). The JTMM put up a seizure notice at the house, hoisted their flags at it and detonated a bomb.[5]
Yadav contested the Dhanusa-5 constituency in the April 2008 Constituent Assembly election. He won the seat, obtaining 10392 votes.[6]
Yadav was elected as the first President of Nepal in a second round of voting on 21 July 2008. He received 308 out of the 590 votes cast in the Constituent Assembly,[7][8] defeating Ram Raja Prasad Singh, who had been nominated by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), in a second round of voting. Yadav was sworn in as President on July 23, 2008. Chief Justice Kedar Prasad Giri administered the oath of office and secrecy to Yadav at the presidential palace, Shital Niwas, Rastrapati Bhawan, at 3:45 pm. Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, inter alia were present. Yadav also administered oath to Vice-President Parmananda Jha.[9][10]
[edit] Personal life
Yadav has two sons (Dr. Chandra Mohan Yadav and Chandra Shekhar Yadav) and a daughter (Anita Yadav). His wife died in 1983.[citation needed] He is from the Madheshi ethnic community of Nepal.[11]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.healthnet.org.np/users/dixit/ANNEX-III.PDF
- ^ Election Commission of Nepal
- ^ N980412
- ^ Front Pagers May 31st, 1999 / Jestha 17, 2056 Awake Weekly Chronicle (Nepal)
- ^ The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - World
- ^ Ca Election report
- ^ No Nepali president candidate wins simple majority_English_Xinhua
- ^ Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens
- ^ thehimalayantimes.com, Yadav Sworn-in as First President of Nepal
- ^ .nepalnews.com, President Yadav, VP Jha sworn in
- ^ "Physician to become Nepal's first president". International Herald Tribune. 2008-07-22. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/22/asia/AS-Nepal-First-President.php. Retrieved on 2008-07-22.
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| New title | President of Nepal 2008 – present |
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| Preceded by Girija Prasad Koirala Acting |
Head of State of Nepal 2008 – present |
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