First President of Nepal from 2008 to 2015
Ram Baran Yadav
(
Maithili
:
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; born 4 February 1948)
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is a
Nepali
politician and physician who served as the first
president of Nepal
from 23 July 2008 to 29 October 2015, following the declaration of republic in 2008.
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Previously he served as
Minister of Health
from 1999 to 2001 and general secretary of the
Nepali Congress
.
Political life
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Yadav served as Minister of State for Health from 1991 to 1994.
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He was elected to the
House of Representatives
in the
1999 election
as a candidate of the Nepali Congress, becoming the Minister of Health in the subsequent government.
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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.
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Yadav contested the
Dhanusa-5
constituency in the
April 2008 Constituent Assembly election
and won the seat, obtaining 10,392 votes.
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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
,
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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 23 July 2008.
Chief Justice of Nepal
Kedar Prasad Giri administered the
oath of office and secrecy
to Yadav at Shital Niwas,
Rastrapati Bhawan
. Yadav also administered oath to Vice-president
Parmananda Jha
.
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Personal life
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Yadav began his political career while studying medicine in
Calcutta
, India. He came in contact with several
Nepali politicians
who had self-exiled themselves in
India
, such as
B. P. Koirala
,
Ganesh Man Singh
,
Subarna Shamsher Rana
,
Pushpa Lal Shrestha
, and Saroj Koirala. Inspired by these leaders, Yadav started engaging himself in politics actively. He championed the cause for multi-party democracy during the referendum held in 1980. While practicing as a physician for several years in Janakpur. He engaged himself in politics as an active cadre of the
Nepali Congress
Party. He was a rural private practitioner for several years as well as a personal physician to Koirala, the first elected Prime Minister of Nepal, from 1980 to 1982.
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Yadav was imprisoned for some time until restoration of multiparty democratic dispensation in Nepal in 1990. Thereafter, he was elected twice as a Member of the House of Representatives from the Constituency No. 5 of
Dhanusa district
of Nepal. He was the Minister of State for Health from 1991 to 1994. He again took charge of the Ministry of Health as the Cabinet Minister from 1999 to 2001. Yadav was elected as a Member of the Constituent Assembly from the same constituency of Dhanusa District during the elections held on 10 April 2008.
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citation needed
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Yadav discharged various responsibilities in the Nepali Congress Party. He was a member of the Central Working Committee for 15 years, and also a member of Parliamentary Board, and a member of the Discipline Committee of the Party. Before being elected as president, he was General Secretary of the
Nepali Congress
Party.
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Ram Baran Yadav visiting a temple
Foreign visits
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He visited India in 2010 and went to
Tirupati Balaji
and Chandigarh, where he had received his medical degree. On 26 March 2015, he departed for an official visit to China at the invitation of the Chinese government.
Honours
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Ram Baran has received several accolades and honours:
Foreign Honours
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See also
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