Ex-spouse Julekha Yadav Name Ram Yadav | ||
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Prime Minister Girija Prasad KoiralaPushpa Kamal DahalMadhav Kumar NepalJhala Nath KhanalBaburam BhattaraiKhil Raj RegmiSushil KoiralaKhadga Prasad Sharma Oli Born 4 February 1948 (age 76) Sapahi, Nepal ( 1948-02-04 ) Alma mater University of CalcuttaPost Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Presidential term July 23, 2008 – October 28, 2015 Previous office President of Nepal (2008–2015) Education Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata Children Anita Yadav, Chandra Mohan Yadav, Chandra Shekhar Yadav | ||
Succeeded by Bidhya Devi Bhandari | ||
Pm narendra modi meets president of nepal dr ram baran yadav
Ram Baran Yadav (Nepali: रामवरण यादव, रामवरण यादव; born 4 February 1948) is a Nepalese politician and physician who served as the first President of Nepal and the highest ranked Madhesi government official following the declaration of a republic in 2008. He served as a Nepalese President from 23 July 2008 to 29 October 2015. Previously he served as Minister of Health from 1999 to 2001 and General Secretary of the Nepali Congress party Yadav was Minister of State for Health in the 1991–1994 Nepali Congress government. He was elected to the House of Representatives in the 1999 election as a candidate of the Nepali Congress. After that election, he became Minister of Health.
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- Pm narendra modi meets president of nepal dr ram baran yadav
- PM Modi meets the President of Nepal Ram Baran Yadav in Kathmandu Nepal
- Personal life
- Foreign visits
- References
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.
Yadav contested the Dhanusa-5 constituency in the April 2008 Constituent Assembly election. He won the seat, obtaining 10,392 votes.
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, 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 23 July 2008. Chief Justice of Nepal 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.
PM Modi meets the President of Nepal Ram Baran Yadav in Kathmandu, Nepal
Personal life
Ram Baran Yadav was born to a Madhesi family as an elder son of Thani Yadav and Ram Rati Yadav on 4 February 1948 at Sapahi Village, Janakpurdham , Dhanusa district of Nepal . He is an ethnic Maithil and his native language is Maithili. Yadav received a MBBS from Calcutta Medical College, in Kolkata, India, a DCP from the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine in Kolkata, and an MD from PGIMER in Chandigarh, India. He was married to Julekha Yadav, now deceased. His son, Dr.Chandramohan Yadav, is a Member of Parliament. His younger son, Chandrashekher lives in USA. His younger Daughter Anita yadav lives with him and help him politically and socially. While President, Yadav resided at Shital Niwas in Kathmandu.
Yadav began his political career while 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 in janakpur. he engaged himself in politics as an active cadre of the Nepali Congress Party. He was a 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.
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 was 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 a member of the Discipline Committee of the Party. Before being elected as President, he was General Secretary of the Nepali Congress Party.
Foreign visits
He visited India in 2010 and went to Tirupati Balaji and Chandigarh, where he received his medical degree. On March 26, 2015, he departed for an official visit to China at the invitation of the Chinese government.