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{{short description|First President of Nepal}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name = Dr. Ram Baran Yadav {{small|रामवरण यादव}}
| image = Dr. Ram Baran Yadav.jpg
| office = 1st [[President of Nepal]]
| primeminister = [[Girija Prasad Koirala]] [[Prachanda|Pushpa Kamal Dahal]] [[Madhav Kumar Nepal]] [[Jhala Nath Khanal]] [[Baburam Bhattarai]] [[Khil Raj Regmi]] [[Sushil Koirala]] [[Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli]]
| vicepresident = [[Parmanand Jha]]
| term_start = 23 July 2008
| term_end = 29 October 2015
| predecessor = Position established [[Girija Prasad Koirala]] as [[President of Nepal|Acting Head of State of Nepal]]
| successor = [[Bidhya Devi Bhandari]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|2|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Sapahi, Dhanusha]], [[Kingdom of Nepal|Nepal]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Nepali Congress]] (1968-2008)
| spouse = Julekha Yadav
| children = [[Chandra Mohan Yadav]] Chandra Shekhar Yadav Anita Yadav
| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]] [[Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research]]
}}
'''Dr. Ram Baran Yadav''' (born 4 February 1948)<ref name=rby1/> is a [[Nepalis|Nepali]] politician and physician who served as the first [[president of Nepal]] from 23 July 2008 to 29 October 2015, following the declaration of a republic in 2008.<ref name="International Herald Tribune">{{Cite news| title=Physician to become Nepal's first president|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/22/asia/AS-Nepal-First-President.php | publisher=International Herald Tribune |date=2008-07-22 |access-date=2008-07-22}}</ref> Previously he served as [[Ministry of Health and Population (Nepal)|Minister of Health]] from 1999 to 2001 and general secretary of the [[Nepali Congress]]. Yadav also served as Minister of State for Health from 1991 to 1994.<ref>[http://www.healthnet.org.np/users/dixit/ANNEX-III.PDF ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324203729/http://www.healthnet.org.np/users/dixit/ANNEX-III.PDF |date=March 24, 2009 }}</ref> He was elected to the [[House of Representatives (Nepal)|House of Representatives]] in the [[1999 Nepalese legislative election|1999 election]] as a candidate of the Nepali Congress, becoming the Minister of Health in the subsequent government.<ref>[http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php Election Commission of Nepal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061012034141/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php |date=2006-10-12 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myanmargeneva.org/99NLM/n991016.htm|title=N980412|author=aung bakyu|date=1999-06-09|publisher=Myanmargeneva.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315035432/http://www.myanmargeneva.org/99NLM/n991016.htm|archive-date=2012-03-15|access-date=2010-08-09|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishweekly/awake/1-83/f-pagers.htm Front Pagers May 31st, 1999 / Jestha 17, 2056 Awake Weekly Chronicle (Nepal)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619190814/http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishweekly/awake/1-83/f-pagers.htm|date=June 19, 2006}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070522/world.htm |title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - World |publisher=Tribuneindia.com |access-date=2010-08-09}}</ref> Yadav contested from [[Dhanusa District|Dhanusa-5]] constituency in the [[2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|April 2008 Constituent Assembly election]] and won the seat, obtaining 10,392 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php |title=Ca Election report |publisher=Election.gov.np |access-date=2010-08-09}}</ref>

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 [[Nepalese Constituent Assembly|Constituent Assembly]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/19/content_8574860.htm |title=No Nepali president candidate wins simple majority_English_Xinhua |publisher=Big5.xinhuanet.com |date=2008-07-19 |access-date=2010-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/jul/jul21/news09.php |title=Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens |publisher=Nepalnews.com |access-date=2010-08-09 }}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 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|oath of office and secrecy]] to Yadav at Shital Niwas, [[Rastrapati Bhawan]]. Yadav also administered oath to Vice-President [[Parmananda Jha]].<ref>[http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullstory.asp?filename=6a1Wa8wko2am8&folder=aHaoamW&Name=Home&dtSiteDate=20080723 thehimalayantimes.com, Yadav Sworn-in as First President of Nepal]{{dead link|date=August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/jul/jul23/news08.php |title=nepalnews.com, President Yadav, VP Jha sworn in |publisher=Nepalnews.com |access-date=2010-08-09}}</ref>

==Personal life==
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.{{clarify|reason=Y was physician for those years or Koirala was PM?|date=October 2011}}{{citation needed|date=October 2011}}

Yadav was imprisoned for some time until restoration of multiparty democratic dispensation in Nepal in 1990. Thereafter, he 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.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

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.<ref name=rby1>{{cite web| title=DR. RAM BARAN YADAV PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NEPAL| url=http://presidentofnepal.gov.np/Contents/biography.html&flag=F| publisher=Office of The President, [[Nepal]]| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602021453/http://presidentofnepal.gov.np/Contents/biography.html%26flag%3DF| archive-date=2 June 2012| url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Nepali President Ram Baran Yadav visiting a temple as head of the state.jpg|thumb|Ram Baran Yadav visiting a temple]]

==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.
==Honours==
Ram Baran has received several accolades and honours:
===Foreign Honours===
*[[Bangladeshi honours system#Special Decorations|Bangladesh Liberation War Honour]] ''(Bangladesh Muktijuddho Sanmanona)''

==See also==
*[[2008 Nepalese presidential election]]
*[[President of Nepal]]
*[[List of Prime Ministers of Nepal]]

==References==
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