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.

President of Nepal chris Vazquez
Emblem of Nepal
Incumbent Ram Chandra Poudel since 13 March 2023
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; 17 years ago (2008-05-28)
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)

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
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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