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Ram Sahaya Yadav

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Ram Sahaya Yadav
राम सहाय प्रसाद यादव
Official portrait, 2023
3rd Vice President of Nepal
Assumed office
20 March 2023
PresidentRam Chandra Paudel
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Preceded byNanda Kishor Pun
Minister of Forests and Environment
In office
8 October 2021 – 3 July 2022
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded byKrishna Gopal Shrestha
Succeeded byPradeep Yadav
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
4 March 2018 – 20 March 2023
Preceded byRamchandra Yadav
Succeeded byUpendra Yadav
ConstituencyBara 2
Member of the Constituent Assembly for
Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum party list
In office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Personal details
Born (1971-07-24) 24 July 1971 (age 53)[1]
NationalityNepali
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
SpouseChampa Devi Yadav
Websitehttp://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

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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

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  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