President Ram Baran Yadav of Nepal
Ram Baran Yadav received 283 votes and Ram Raja Prasad Singh won 270 votes.
Yadav was born in Sapahi VDC-9, Dhanusha.
Yadav was arrested during the Jana Andolan in 1990 and jailed for three months, but was released with the establishment of multi-party democracy.
Yadav was the Minister of State for Health in the 1991-1994 Nepali Congress government.
Yadav was elected as the first President of Nepal in a second round of voting on July 21, 2008.
Yadav was sworn in as President on July 23, 2008.
A beaming Dr Yadav was escorted from his seat in the House to a special chair designated for the head of the nation after chairman of the Constituent Assembly Kul Bahadur Gurung officially declared him the winner in the historic election.
Dr Yadav was also supported by other small parties.
President Ram Baran Yadav remains in a state of volatility on matters ranging from official abode to administrative assistance.
Yadav knows he did not snub the Chinese, at least not deliberately.
Yet talk of a military coup has acquired greater resonance since Yadav took his oath.
Rambaran Yadav has asked his party to take initiative to form the new government.
KATHMANDU, July 25 - President Dr Ram Baran Yadav has begun consultations with legal experts in a move to call on political parties to form a new government.
On Thursday, President Yadav met Attorney General Yagya Murti Banjade, senior advocate Sindhu Nath Pyakurel and lawyers Harihar Dahal, Badri Bahadur Karki, Shambhu Thapa and Surya Dhungel at his office at Shital Niwas, Maharajgunj.
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Ram Baran Yadav is Nepals first President description Ram Baran Yadav, an ethnic Madheshi from the centrist Nepali Congress party, became the first President of the new Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal on July 21.
Yadav was the general secretary of the Nepali Congress party and belongs to the ethnic minority Madhesi group from Nepal's troubled southern region.
As constitutional president, my role will be one of coordinating between the various parties, Yadav said before he was declared the winner.
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KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) -- Nepal's first-ever President Ram Baran Yadav took the oath of office Wednesday, two days after his election.
Yadav was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice Kedar Prasad Giri.
I represent all Nepali people in this august office and in all my efforts and endeavors I will be committed to the benefit of the Nepali people, Yadav said after the swearing-in.
The Maoists are the largest party in the constituent assembly, but Yadav was able to win with backing from a coalition of the Nepali Congress, Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) and Madhesi Janadhikar (People's Rights) Forum.
Ram Baran Yadav has become the first president of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, securing a comfortable majority in the presidential run-off held on Monday, July 22, 2008.
Yadav had been elected president by a simple majority.
Dr Yadav had a very humble beginning.
in Safai VDC of Dhanusha district in the Terai plains of Nepal, Dr Yadav was the fourth son of Dhan Yadav and Ram Rati Yadav.
Dr Yadav was actively involved in politics since the 1960s students’ movement.
Since 2043, Dr Yadav was deeply engaged in the politics leaving behind his medical career.
Dr Yadav had already held the position of Minister three times before.
Ram Baran Yadav is set to be sworn in on Wednesday.
Offering felicitations: Maoists leader Prachanda (right) congratulates President-elect Ram Baran Yadav in Kathmandu on Monday.
KATHMANDU: Defeating Maoist-candidate Ramraja Prasad Singh by 26 votes, Nepali Congress leader Ram Baran Yadav was on Monday elected Nepals first President.
Yadav was also involved in Democratic Association while studying in Calcutta.
Kathmandu: Veteran Nepali Congress leader Ram Baran Yadav was today elected as the first President of Nepal, defeating a Maoist-backed candidate and marking a shift in the political equation after the former rebels won the landmark elections in April.
Prasad Koirala during the last days of his life in the 1980s.
in the presidential run-off election on Monday.
him a majority among the 596 members registered to vote.
votes, 15 short of the 298 necessary.
Ram Baran Yadav has been elected as the first president of republican Nepal.
Yadav was proposed as a common presidential candidate by Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and Madheshi Peoples Rights Forum (MPRF) after the CPN-Maoist, the largest party, proposed Ramraja Prasad Singh for presidential candidacy which was a betrayal for UML in its term.
However, Yadav is expected to dominate the runoff against the Maoist candidate, Ram Raja Prasad Singh on Saturday.
Yadav is a close supporter of Girija Koirala and till Thursday, it looked like he had no chance against the electoral alliance of the Maoists and the MJF party that had put up veteran tarai republican Ram Raja Prasad Singh as its candidate.
Its official: after much lobbying, back-stabbing and cross-voting by fickle political alliances, veteran kangresi Ram Baran Yadav has been elected the first president of a republican Nepal.
MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA EL PRESIDENTE: Ram Baran Yadav is the first president of the Democratic Republic of Nepal after a runoff poll in the Contsitutent Assembly on Monday.
Ram Baran Yadav is a medical doctor and a Koirala loyalist, he served as Health Minister in a previous NC government.
Nepali Congress (NC) candidate Dr Ram Baran Yadav has become the first president of republic Nepal, securing a comfortable majority in the presidential run-off held today.
B Gurung announced in the CA meeting this evening that Yadav had been elected president by winning a simple majority.
Yadav was supported by CPN (UML), Madhesi Janadhikar Forum, CPN (ML), Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, CPN (United), Rastriya Janamorcha, Rastriya Janashakti Party and a few other fringe parties.
Briefly talking to media persons in CA premises, president elect Yadav said he would work for strengthening democracy in the country.
Dr Ram Baran Yadav has made history by becoming the first president of republic Nepal through a closely contested presidential run-off held Monday, thus fulfilling the long cherished dream of many Nepalis of seeing a true Janata ko Choro (son of the people) assuming the responsibility of the coveted post.
Consequently, Dr Yadav has made another history by also becoming the first person outside the royal family to become the head of the state of the new republic, breaking the century old tradition which reserved the coveted title to the eldest son of the Shah Dynasty, who held a demi god status of incarnation of Lord Bishnu, all of which ended with its eventual demise through a historic proclamation of the Constituent Assembly that declared the country a republic.
Born to a simple farming family in February 4, 1948 in Sapahi VDC of Dhanusha district in the Terai plains of Nepal, Dr Yadav was the fourth son of Thani Yadav and Ram Rati Yadav.
Since then Dr Yadav has been at the forefront of every struggle to restore democracy in the country.
P Koirala that Dr Ram Baran Yadav has been elected to the post of the first president of republic Nepal.
In the recently concluded CA election too Dr Yadav was elected as the CA member from Dhanusha constituency-5, despite facing a stiff competition from his competitors and when political heavyweights like him were being defeated one after another.
Dr Yadav is respected as a fearless leader in the party circles who is very articulate and puts forth what is in his mind without any hesitation.
Yadav was backed by the CPN (UML), the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum, the CPN (ML), the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, the Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, CPN (United), the Rastriya Janamorcha, the Rastriya Janashakti Party and a few other fringe parties.
Also hailing from the Indian-origin Madhesi community, Yadav received his MBBS degree from Kolkata and MD from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, spending about 11 years studying in India.
After practising medicine for eight years, Yadav joined Nepali Congress after the 1980 referendum held to choose between party-less Panchayat system and multiparty system.
A farmer's son who made a remarkable journey to occupy the highest post in the new-born republic that abolished the 240-year-old monarchy, Yadav said he wants to take the peace process to its logical end and maintain friendly ties with both India and China.
General Secretary of Nepali Congress Dr Yadav received 308 votes out of the 590 votes cast during the run-off polls, while his nearest rival Ramraja Prasad Singh garnered 282 votes.
Sixty-one-year-old Yadav is a medical professional turned politician, from the Madhesi community of the southern plains.
Yadav was not the candidate of his party.
It was reported that Nepal had advised Koirala on letting President Dr Ram Baran Yadav lead the Nepali delegation to the 15th SAARC summit since the current government does not have legal authority to take important decisions.
Yadav is not of the Nepali Congress, but of all the people of Nepal," said the party's general secretary, Bimalendra Nidhi.
KATHMANDU: Ram Baran Yadav was sworn in President by Chief Justice Kedar Prasad Giri at Sheetal Niwas the Presidents office on Wednesday in Kathmandu.
Yadav took the oath in the Nepali language.
Yadav said he would work for communal harmony.
Kathmandu, Oct 5 : Nepal President Dr Ram Baran Yadav has reiterated the need to bolster national unity and communal harmony for peace and prosperity in the country.
Ram Baran Yadav has extended best wishes to Nepali athletes heading for the Olympics in Beijing.
Kathmandu - Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav has asked the Maoists, as the biggest party in the constituent assembly, to form the new government, official reports said Wednesday.
Yadav said he would remain committed to the principles of ethnic or communal harmony and national integrity.
Kathmandu, July 25 : Nepal President Dr Ram Baran Yadav has begun consultations with legal experts in a move to call on political parties to form a new Government in Nepal.
According to Kantipur, President Yadav met Attorney General Yagya Murti Banjade, senior advocate Sindhu Nath Pyakurel and lawyers Harihar Dahal, Badri Bahadur Karki, Shambhu Thapa and Surya Dhungel at his office on Thursday.
Kathmandu, July 21 : Nepali Congress (NC) candidate Dr Ram Baran Yadav has become the first President of the Republic of Nepal.
United), the Rastriya Janamorcha, the Rastriya Janashakti Party and a few other fringe parties.
Dr Yadav is also the General Secretary of Nepali Congress while Maoist candidate Singh is seen as veteran republican leader.