Ram Sahaya Yadav

His Excellency
The Right Honourable
Ram Sahaya Yadav
His Excellency; The Right Honourable Ram Sahaya Yadav
राम सहाय प्रसाद यादव
	Official portrait, 2023
3rd Vice President of Nepal
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 20 March 2023
President	Ram Chandra Paudel
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal; Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Preceded by	Nanda Kishor Pun
Minister of Forests and Environment
	In office; 8 October 2021 – 3 July 2022
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded by	Krishna Gopal Shrestha
Succeeded by	Pradeep Yadav
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
	In office; 4 March 2018 – 20 March 2023
Preceded by	Ramchandra Yadav
Succeeded by	Upendra Yadav
Constituency	Bara 2
Member of the Constituent Assembly for; Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum party list
	In office; 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Personal details
Born	24 July 1971 (age 53)
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	Independent
Other political; affiliations	Nepal Sadbhawana Party; MJF-N; Federal Socialist Forum; People's Socialist Party, Nepal;
Spouse	Champa Devi Yadav
Website	http://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

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

Political offices
Preceded by Nanda Kishor Pun	Vice President of Nepal 2023–present	Incumbent

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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.

[kp2023-2] "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.

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