Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav (born 24 July 1971) is a

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

ese politician serving as the vice president of Nepal since 20 March 2023. He is a former minister for forests and environment of Nepal. He was a member of the

1st Federal Parliament of Nepal The First Federal Parliament of Nepal, consisting of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly, was elected via the 2017 legislative, provincial and local elections. 165 members were elected via first-past-the-post system and 110 t ...

. In the

2017 Nepalese general election General elections were held in Nepal in two phases on 26 November and 7 December 2017 to elect the 275 members of the fifth House of Representatives, the lower house of the Federal Parliament of Nepal. The election was held alongside the first p ...

, he was elected from the Bara 2 constituency, securing 28,185 (50.01%) votes.

Political career

Yadav started his political career in 1990 by joining

Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal The Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (MJFN), or the Madhesi People's Rights Forum, Nepal, was a political party in Nepal. It was initially not a political party as such but a political advocacy movement demanding ethnic self-determination right ...

. 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. Yadav also served as the Minister of Forest and Environment in Sher Bahadur Deuba's cabinet.

References

Nepal MPs 2017–2022 Living people Vice presidents of Nepal Government ministers of Nepal Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly Nepal Sadbhawana Party politicians Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal politicians 1971 births Nepal MPs 2022–present {{Nepal-politician-stub