Ram Baran Yadav

Dr. Ram Baran Yadav रामवरण यादव
President of Nepal
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 July 2008
Prime Minister	Girija Prasad Koirala Pushpa Kamal Dahal Madhav Kumar Nepal Jhala Nath Khanal Baburam Bhattarai
Vice President	Parmanand Jha
Preceded by	Girija Prasad Koirala (Acting)
Personal details
Born	4 February 1948 (1948-02-04) (age 63) Saphai, Nepal
Political party	Nepali Congress
Spouse(s)	Julekha Yadav[1]
Children	Chandra Mohan Chandra Shekhar Anita[1]
Alma mater	University of Calcuttas
Religion	Hinduism

Dr Ram Baran Yadav (Nepali: रामवरण यादव) (born 4 February 1948)^[1] 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.^[2] He was elected to the House of Representatives in the 1999 election as a candidate of the Nepali Congress.^[3] After that election, he became Minister of Health.^[4][5]

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.^[6]

Yadav contested the Dhanusa-5 constituency in the April 2008 Constituent Assembly election. He won the seat, obtaining 10,392 votes.^[7]

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,^[8][9] 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. Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala among others were present. Yadav also administered oath to Vice-President Parmananda Jha.^[10][11]

Personal life

Ram Baran Yadav was born to Thanai Yadav and Ram Rati Yadav on 4 February, 1948 in the rural area at Sapahi Village Development Committee (VDC), Ward No. 9, Dhanusa district, Nepal. He qualified as a doctor and married the late Julekha Yadav. Yadav has two sons and a daughter. His younger son, Chandra Shekhar Yadav, was defeated by the UCPN-Maoist candidate in the by-election of the Constituent Assembly form Dhanusa district.^[1]

Yadav currently^[when?] resides at Sheetal Niwas in Kathmandu with his older son and daughter. His younger son lives in the United States with his family.^[12]

Political Life

President Ram Baran Yadav with Madhav Kumar Nepal

Yadav began his political career while a 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, he engaged himself in politics as an active cadre of the Nepali Congress Party. He was 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.^{[clarification needed][citation needed]}

Yadav participated in the struggle for democracy for several decades. He spent nine months altogether in prison during the course of the struggle. After the restoration of multiparty democratic dispensation in Nepal in 1990, he spearheaded his political career with increased vigor and vitality. Yadav was elected twice as a Member of the House of Representatives from the Constituency No. 5 of Dhanusa district of Nepal. He became 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.

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 member of the Discipline Committee of the Party. Before being elected to the President, he was General Secretary of the Nepali Congress Party.^[1]

See Also

• Nepalese presidential election, 2008
• President of Nepal
• List of Prime Ministers of Nepal

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "DR. RAM BARAN YADAV PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NEPAL". Office of The President, Nepal. http://presidentofnepal.gov.np/Contents/biography.html&flag=F. 
2. ^ [1]^{[dead link]}
3. ^ Election Commission of Nepal
4. ^ aung bakyu (1999-06-09). "N980412". Myanmargeneva.org. http://www.myanmargeneva.org/99NLM/n991016.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-09. 
5. ^ Front Pagers May 31st, 1999 / Jestha 17, 2056 Awake Weekly Chronicle (Nepal)^{[dead link]}
6. ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - World". Tribuneindia.com. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070522/world.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-09. 
7. ^ "Ca Election report". Election.gov.np. http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php. Retrieved 2010-08-09. 
8. ^ "No Nepali president candidate wins simple majority_English_Xinhua". Big5.xinhuanet.com. 2008-07-19. http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/19/content_8574860.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-09. 
9. ^ "Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens". Nepalnews.com. http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/jul/jul21/news09.php. Retrieved 2010-08-09. 
10. ^ thehimalayantimes.com, Yadav Sworn-in as First President of Nepal^{[dead link]}
11. ^ "nepalnews.com, President Yadav, VP Jha sworn in". Nepalnews.com. http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/jul/jul23/news08.php. Retrieved 2010-08-09. 
12. ^ "Physician to become Nepal's first president . bauram Bhattarai is the main primeminister.". International Herald Tribune. 2008-07-22. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/22/asia/AS-Nepal-First-President.php. Retrieved 2008-07-22. 

Political offices
New office	President of Nepal 2008–present	Incumbent
Government offices
Preceded by Girija Prasad Koirala Acting	Head of State of Nepal 2008–present	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Yadav, Ram Baran
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Short description
Date of birth	1948-02-04
Place of birth	Saphai VDC-9, Dhanusha, Nepal
Date of death
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