Ram Sahaya Yadav

Vice President of Nepal since 2023

राम सहाय प्रसाद यादव
Official portrait, 2023
3rd Vice President of Nepal
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 March 2023PresidentRam Chandra PaudelPrime MinisterPushpa Kamal DahalPreceded byNanda Kishor PunMinister of Forests and EnvironmentIn office
8 October 2021 – 3 July 2022PresidentBidhya Devi BhandariPrime MinisterSher Bahadur DeubaPreceded byKrishna Gopal ShresthaSucceeded byPradeep YadavMember of Parliament, Pratinidhi SabhaIn office
4 March 2018 – 20 March 2023Preceded byRamchandra YadavSucceeded byUpendra YadavConstituencyBara 2Member of the Constituent Assembly for
Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum party listIn office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012 Personal detailsBorn (1971-07-24) 24 July 1971 (age 52)[1]NationalityNepaliPolitical partyIndependentOther political
affiliationsSpouseChampa Devi YadavWebsitehttp://vpn.gov.np/en/

Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav (born 24 July 1971) is a Nepalese politician serving as the vice president of Nepal since 20 March 2023. He is a former minister for forests and environment of Nepal.[2]

He was a member of the 1st Federal Parliament of Nepal. In the 2017 Nepalese general election, he was elected from the Bara 2 constituency, securing 28,185 (50.01%) votes.[3][4]

Political career

Yadav started his political career in 1990 by joining Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal. Later he became the founding general secretary of the Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum. He was involved in the first Madhesh Movement of 2007. He was first elected in 2008 to the first Constituent Assembly from Bara district. In 2017, he was re-elected. [2]

Yadav also served as the Minister of Forest and Environment in Sher Bahadur Deuba's cabinet.[2]

References

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ a b c "Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav elected Vice President". Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  3. ^ Election Commission of Nepal
  4. ^ "SSFN Ramsahaya Yadav emerges victorious from Bara-2". Retrieved 13 May 2021.
Political offices
Preceded by Vice President of Nepal
2023–present 		Incumbent


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