President of Nepal
head of state 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.
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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 first President of Nepal was Ram Baran Yadav. The current president is Ram Chandra Poudel elected in March 2023.
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (2007–present)
change| No. | Name | Term of Office | election |
Political Part | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Girija Prasad Koirala | 15 January 2007 | 23 July 2008 | — | Nepali Congress |
| 28 May 2008 | 18 August 2008 | ||||
| 2 | Ram Raja Prasad Singh | 23 July 2008 | 23 July 2008 | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) | |
| 3 | Shanta Shrestha | 23 July 2008 | 23 July 2008 | ||
| 4 | Min Bahadur Bishwakarma | 23 July 2008 | 23 July 2008 | ||
| 5 | Ramprit Paswan | 23 July 2008 | 23 July 2008 | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | |
| 6 | Astalaxmi Shakya | 23 July 2008 | 23 July 2008 | ||
| 7 | Devendra Raj Pandey | 23 July 2008 | 23 July 2008 | ||
| 8 | Parmanand Jha | 23 July 2008 | 23 July 2008 | ||
| 9 | Pushpa Kamal Dahal | 23 July 2008 | 23 July 2008 | — | Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) |
| 10 | Ram Baran Yadav | 23 July 2008 | 25 May 2009 | 2008 | Nepali Congress |
| 11 | Madhav Kumar Nepal | 25 May 2009 | 25 May 2009 | ||
| 12 | Ram Baran Yadav | 25 May 2009 | 12 March 2011 | 2011 | |
| 12 March 2011 | 12 March 2011 | ||||
| 13 | Jhala Nath Khanal | 12 March 2011 | 29 August 2011 | ||
| 14 | Ram Baran Yadav | 29 August 2011 | 6 March 2012 | ||
| 15 | Baburam Bhattarai | 6 March 2012 | 14 March 2012 | ||
| 16 | Ram Baran Yadav | 14 March 2012 | 14 March 2013 | ||
| 17 | Khil Raj Regmi | 14 March 2013 | 11 February 2014 | ||
| 18 | Sushil Koirala | 11 February 2014 | 11 February 2014 | ||
| 19 | Ram Baran Yadav | 11 February 2014 | 29 October 2015 | ||
| 20 | Parmanand Jha | 29 October 2015 | 29 October 2015 | — | Nepali Congress |
| 21 | Nanda Bahadur Pun | 29 October 2015 | 29 October 2015 | — | Nepali Congress |
| 22 | Kul Bahadur Gurung | 29 October 2015 | 29 October 2015 | Nepali Congress | |
| 23 | Amiya Kumar Yadav | 29 October 2015 | 29 October 2015 | Nepali Congress | |
| 24 | Bidhya Devi Bhandari | 29 October 2015 | 15 January 2019 | 2015 | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 25 | Khadga Prasad Oli | 4 August 2016 | 4 August 2016 | ||
| 26 | Bidhya Devi Bhandari | 4 August 2016 | 31 May 2017 | ||
| 27 | Pushpa Kamal Dahal | 31 May 2017 | 31 May 2017 | ||
| 28 | Bidhya Devi Bhandari | 31 May 2017 | 7 June 2017 | ||
| 29 | Sher Bahadur Deuba | 7 June 2017 | 7 June 2017 | ||
| 30 | Bidhya Devi Bhandari | 7 June 2017 | 14
January 2019 |
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| 31 | Kumari Laxmi Rai | 15 January 2019 | 15 January 2019 | ||
| 32 | Bidhya Devi Bhandari | 15 January 2019 | 1 March 2023 | 2018 | |
| 33 | Subaschandra Nemwang | 1
March 2023 |
13 March 2023 | ||
| 34 | Ram Chandra Poudel | 13 March 2023 | 16 April 2023 | 2023 | Nepali Congress |
| 35 | Ram Sahaya Yadav | 16 April 2023 | 27 April 2023 | — | Nepali Congress |
| 36 | Astalaxmi Shakya | 27 April 2023 | 27 April 2023 | ||
| 37 | Mamata Jha | 27 April 2023 | 27 April 2023 | ||
| 38 | Pramila Yadav | 27 April 2023 | 27 April 2023 | ||
| 39 | Ram Chandra Poudel | 27 April 2023 | Incumbent | — | Nepali Congress |
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