Vice President of Nepal

The position of Vice President of Nepal (Nepali: नेपालका उपराष्ट्रपतिहरू, Nēpālakā uparāṣṭrapatiharū) constitutes the deputy head of state of Nepal and was created when the Nepalese monarchy was abolished in May 2008. The current vice-president of Nepal is Nanda Kishor Pun. The vice president is to be formally addressed as 'His Excellency'.[2]

Vice President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Coat of Arms of Nepal
Incumbent
Nanda Kishor Pun
since 31 October 2015[1]
StyleHis Excellency
AppointerIndirect Election
Term lengthFive years
Inaugural holderParmanand Jha
Formation28 May 2008 (2008-05-28)
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History

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 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election was to decide in its first meeting whether to continue the monarchy or to declare a republic.[3] On 28 May 2008 the Assembly had voted to abolish the monarchy.[4]

The Fifth Amendment to the Interim Constitution established that the president, vice-president, prime minister and Constituent Assembly chairman and vice-chairman would all be elected on the basis of a "political understanding". However, if one were not forthcoming, they could be elected by a simple majority.

The first election was the 2008 Nepalese presidential election. The parties failed to agree on candidates for president or vice president, so an election took place. Parmananda Jha of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum was elected with the support of the Nepali Congress and the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)

List of vice presidents
№ Name
(Birth–Death)		 Portrait Elected Took office Left office President
1 Parmanand Jha
(1944–)		 2008 presidential election 23 July 2008 31 October 2015 Ram Baran Yadav
2 Nanda Kishor Pun
(1965–)		 2015 presidential election 31 October 2015 Incumbent Bidhya Devi Bhandari
2018 presidential election

See also

References
  1. "Nanda Bahadur Pun elected Vice-President of Nepal". Himalayan Times. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  2. eKantipur.com – Nepal's No.1 News Portal
  3. See Clause 159 of the interim constitution
  4. Nepal becomes a federal democratic republic Archived 2016-01-17 at the Wayback Machine, Nepalnews.com, 2008-05-28, accessed on 2008-07-20
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