| Native name | राम सहाय प्रसाद यादव |
|---|---|
| Office | Vice President of Nepal |
| Term start | 20 March 2023 |
| President | Ram Chandra Paudel |
| Predecessor | Nanda Kishor Pun |
| Office 1 | Minister of Forests and Environment of Nepal |
| Term start 1 | 8 October 2021 |
| Term end 1 | 3 July 2022 |
| President 1 | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime minister 1 | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Predecessor 1 | Krishna Gopal Shrestha |
| Successor 1 | Pradeep Yadav |
| Office 2 | Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha |
| Term start 2 | 4 March 2018 |
| Term end 2 | 20 March 2023 |
| Predecessor 2 | Radhe Chandra Yadav (as Member of the Constituent Assembly) |
| Successor 2 | Upendra Yadav |
| Constituency 2 | Bara 2 |
| Office 3 | Member of the Constituent Assembly |
| Term start 3 | 28 May 2008 |
| Term end 3 | 28 May 2012 |
| Constituency 3 | Party list (Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum) |
| Other party | |
| Birth date | 24 July 1971 (age 55) |
| Birth place | Baswariya Tole, Nepal |
| Spouse | Champa Devi Yadav |
| Education | SLK College (BS) Thakur Ram Multiple Campus (BEd) |
| Website | http://vpn.gov.np/en/ |
Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav (born 24 July 1971) is a Nepalese politician who has been the 3rd Vice President of Nepal since 2023. Prior to his tenure as vice president he was a member of the Federal Parliament of Nepal from 2018 to 2023, and Minister for Forest and Environment from 2022 to 2023.
Early life and education
Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav was born on 24 July 1971,[1] in Baswariya Tole, Nepal, to Sihwa Devi Yadav and Prasad Ray Yadav. Yadav is a member of the Madheshi people and his family were farmers. He was educated at the Shree Nepal National Primary School in the Basbariya Rural Municipality and the Shree Janata Lower Secondary School in Kachorwa. He passed the science and mathematics I.S.C. at Bihar Intermediate Education Council in 1990. He graduated with a bachelor of science degree from SLK College in 1993, and a Bachelor of Education degree from Thakur Ram Multiple Campus in 1998.[2]
Career
From 1991 to 2008, Yadav worked as a science and mathematics teacher at the Shree Pannadevi Kanya Secondary School in Kalaiya.[2]
Yadav joined the Nepal Sadbhawana Party (NSP) in 1990.[2][3] He attended the 3rd, 4th, and 5th conventions of the NSP. He was the first chair of the Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (MJFN).[2] The Federal Socialist Party and MJFN merged to form the Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal (FSFN), which Yadav was general secretary of in 2015.[2][4]
In the 2008 election Yadav won a seat in the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly, but did not win a seat in the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly.[3] In the 2017 election Yadav was elected to the 1st session of the Federal Parliament of Nepal from Bara 2 after defeating Nepali Congress nominee Radhe Chandra Yadav.[5][4] He won reelection in 2022.[3]
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba selected Yadav to serve as Minister for Forest and Environment in his cabinet. Yadav won the vice-presidency in the 2023 election as the nominee of the People's Socialist Party, Nepal (PSP-N).[3]
Personal life
Yadav married Champa Devi Yadav, with whom he had three children.[2]
References
- ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
- ^ Vice President of Nepal.
- ^ Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav wins Vice President race 2023.
- ^ SSFN Ramsahaya Yadav emerges victorious from Bara-2 2017.
- ^ Election 2017.
Works cited
News
- "Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav wins Vice President race". The Kathmandu Post. 17 March 2023. Archived 2 July 2025 at the Wayback Machine.
- "SSFN Ramsahaya Yadav emerges victorious from Bara-2". The Kathmandu Post. 10 December 2017. Archived 2 July 2025 at the Wayback Machine.
Web
- "2017 Election Results". Election Commission. Archived 2 July 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- "Office of the Vice President of Nepal". Vice President of Nepal. Archived 2 July 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 July 2025.