President of Nepal

This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "President of Nepal" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
नेपालको राष्ट्रपति
Emblem of Nepal
Flag of Nepal
Incumbent Ram Chandra Poudel (रामचन्द्र पौडेल) since 13 March 2023
Government of Nepal Nepalese Armed Forces
Style	The Right Honourable His Excellency
Type	Head of state Commander-in-chief
Residence	Rastrapati Bhawan
Appointer	Indirect election
Term length	Five years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Ram Baran Yadav
Formation	28 May 2008; 16 years ago (2008-05-28)
Deputy	Vice President of Nepal
Salary	रु5015 per day [1]
Website	Office of the President of Nepal

Politics of Nepal
Constitution Fundamental Rights and Duties Human rights LGBT rights
Government President: Ram Chandra Poudel Vice President: Ram Sahaya Yadav Executive: Prime Minister (list): KP Sharma Oli Council of Ministers: Oli IV Civil Services Cabinet Secretary Federal Parliament: House of Representatives Speaker: Dev Raj Ghimire Deputy Speaker: Indira Ranamagar House Leader: KP Sharma Oli Opposition Leader: Pushpa Kamal Dahal National Assembly Chairman: Ganesh Prasad Timilsina House Leader: Krishna Prasad Sitaula Opposition Leader: Narayan Kaji Shrestha Judiciary: Supreme Court Chief Justice of Nepal: Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha District Courts
Elections Election Commission Political parties Recent elections Presidential: 2015 2018 2023 General: 2017 2022 next Provincial: 2017 2022 Local: 2017 2022
Federalism Administrative divisions Provinces Provincial governments Provincial Assemblies Governors Chief Ministers Local governments Districts Municipalities Rural Municipalities
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Arzu Rana Deuba Diplomatic missions of / in Nepal Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy
Related topics Democracy movement Civil War
Nepal portal Other countries
v t e

The president of Nepal (Nepali: नेपालको राष्ट्रपति, romanized: Nēpālakō Rāṣṭrapati) is the head of state of Nepal and the commander-in-chief of the Nepalese Armed Forces.

The president is indirectly elected by an electoral college comprising the Federal Parliament of Nepal and the provincial assemblies of each of Nepal's seven provinces, who themselves are all directly elected.

The office was created in May 2008 after the country was declared a republic. The current president is Ram Chandra Poudel who was sworn in on 13 March 2023.