President of Nepal
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The position of President of Nepal (Nepali: राष्ट्रपति) constitutes the head of state of Nepal and was created after the country was declared a republic in May 2008. Ram Baran Yadav, elected in July 2008, is the first and current President. The President is to be formally addressed as "his Excellency."[1]
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[edit] History of the Presidency
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 Constituent Assembly election was to decide in its first meeting whether to continue the monarchy or to declare a republic. On 28 May 2008, the Assembly voted to abolish the monarchy.
[edit] Presidents of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
| # | Name | Portrait | Term start | Term end | Political Party | Term |
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| 1 | Ram Baran Yadav |  |
23 July 2008 | Incumbent | Nepali Congress | 1 |
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