23-488: Executive: Federal Parliament : Judiciary: The District Coordination Committee ( Nepali : जिल्ला समन्वय समिति , abbreviation : DCC ) was formed on March 14, 2017, to replace the existing district development committee . Each of the 77 districts in Nepal have their own district coordination committees in. The Head of a district development committee is elected by the district assembly. The government also appoints
46-485: A 33% reservation for women in all public offices including the federal parliament. On 16 March 2018, Dr. Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe was elected as the deputy speaker of the house. Women's representation in the parliament has increased since the Constituent Assembly , which eventually guaranteed provisions for women's representation on the constitution. Both houses of the federal parliament currently meet at
69-552: A Local Development Officer in each district development committee who heads the DCC in absence of an elected head or deputy head. The DCC acts as an executive to the district Assembly. The DCC coordinates with the Provincial Assembly to establish coordination between the Provincial Assembly and rural municipalities and municipalities and to settle disputes, if any, of political nature. It also maintains coordination between
92-399: A new constitution due to differences over restructuring the state. The second Nepalese Constituent Assembly was converted into a legislative parliament of Nepal after the promulgation of the constitution on 20 September 2015. The second Nepalese Constituent Assembly was formed after the failure of the first Constituent Assembly to draft a new constitution. The Legislature Parliament of Nepal
115-571: Is the bicameral federal and supreme legislature of Nepal established in 2018. It consists of the National Assembly and the House of Representatives as parallel houses. The former Parliament of Nepal was dissolved by King Gyanendra in 2002, on the grounds that it was incapable of handling the Maoist rebels. The country's five main political parties had staged protests against
138-474: The 2008 Constituent Assembly election . Paudel contested the prime ministerial election in parliament in 2010, but was not elected even after 17 rounds of election. He served as the Congress party's acting president after the death of Sushil Koirala in 2016, but was defeated by Deuba in the party's 13th general convention later in the year. Having decided to switch back to his old seat of Tanahun 1, Paudel
161-638: The International Convention Centre in New Baneshwor, Kathmandu. A new parliament building is being constructed in the premises of the Singha Durbar complex, which houses most government offices. Ram Chandra Poudel Ram Chandra Paudel ( Nepali : रामचन्द्र पौडेल ; born 6 October 1944) is a Nepalese politician who has been the third and current president of Nepal since 2023. A former senior leader of
184-664: The Nepalese Armed Forces . The office was created in May 2008 after the country was declared as a republic. The first President of Nepal was Ram Baran Yadav . The current president is Ram Chandra Poudel . He is the third president of the country. The House of Representatives ( प्रतिनिधि सभा , Pratinidhi Sabha ) has 275 members. 165 members are elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting and 110 elected through proportional electoral system where voters vote for political parties, considering
207-682: The Nepali Congress , Paudel previously served as the speaker of the House of Representatives from 1994 to 1999, and was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs from 1999 to 2002. First elected to parliament in 1991 , he served in numerous other ministerial positions and was the Leader of the Opposition from 2011 to 2013, as the parliamentary party leader of the Nepali Congress . Ram Chandra Paudel
230-542: The 2023 presidential election, and was elected president on 9 March 2023 , defeating former speaker Subas Chandra Nemwang of the CPN (UML) . He disassociated himself from all party responsibilities and resigned as an active member of the Nepali Congress after being elected president. Paudel resigned as member of Parliament before assuming office as president on 13 March 2023. Paudel is married to Savita Paudel and
253-686: The Democratic Socialist Youth League in 1968. Paudel took initiatives in organizing the Nepal Student Union , the Congress party’s student wing established in 1970, and was the union's founding central committee member. Paudel entered into mainstream party politics in 1977, when he was elected member of the Nepali Congress Tanahun district committee. He was elected vice-president of the district committee in 1979, and president in 1980. Paudel
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#1732766158160276-616: The President on recommendation of the government. They must include at least three women, one Dalit , and one member from disabled groups. Members serve staggered six year terms such that the term of one-third members expires every two years. There are 16 thematic committees in the federal parliament: ten in the House of Representatives, four in the National Assembly and two joint committees. The constitution of Nepal guarantees
299-458: The king, arguing that he must either call fresh elections or reinstate the elected legislature. In 2004, the king announced that parliamentary elections would be held within twelve months; in April 2006, in response to major pro-democratic protests , it was announced that Parliament would be reestablished. After the success of the April 2006 people's movement, on 15 January 2007, the old parliament
322-543: The party's general convention in 2006. He played an important role in the peace process as the coordinator of the Peace Secretariat after the end of the civil war, and served as the Minister for Peace and Reconstruction from 2007 to 2008. Paudel was elected vice-president of the Nepali Congress in 2008, and defeated former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to become Congress' parliamentary party leader following
345-551: The protests and movement against the dismissal of the B.P. Koirala-led government and imposition of Panchayat rule by King Mahendra in December 1960, and participated in numerous Congress-led armed struggles for the restoration of democracy in the 1960s. A key campaigner for the students’ movement in Nepal, he was elected president of the student union at the Saraswati Campus in 1967 and elected general secretary of
368-422: The provincial and Federal government and among the local bodies in the district. It also monitors development within the district. Federal parliament of Nepal Confidence & Supply (3) Opposition (28) Confidence & Supply (29) Opposition (68) Executive: Federal Parliament : Judiciary: The Federal Parliament of Nepal ( संघीय संसद नेपाल , Saṅghīya Sansada Nēpāla )
391-410: The whole country as a single election constituency. The members of the house hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the President on the advice of the council of ministers . The National Assembly ( राष्ट्रिय सभा , Rastriya Sabha ) has 59 members. Eight members are elected from each of the seven provinces by an electoral college of each province, and three are appointed by
414-444: Was appointed coordinator of the Nepali Congress's Central Publicity Committee in 1983, and was appointed member of the party's central committee and chief of the party's central level publicity bureau in 1987. Paudel was first elected to parliament from Tanahun 1 in the 1991 general election , and served as the Minister for Local Development and Agriculture from May 1991 to 1994. In the 1994 general election , he switched seats and
437-825: Was born on 6 October 1944 in a Brahmin farming family in the remote village of Satiswara , located in the present-day Vyas municipality of Tanahun district . He completed his secondary education ( SLC ) from Nandi Ratri Secondary School in Kathmandu and studied Sanskrit literature at the Sanskrit University from 1963 to 1967. He also completed a MA in Nepali literature from the Tribhuvan University in 1970, appearing in his examinations while being detained in prison for anti-Panchayat activities. Paudel got into politics aged just 16 when he joined
460-497: Was defeated by Krishna Kumar Shrestha of the CPN (UML) in the 2017 general election . He remained active in party politics, and was elected from Tanahun 1 in the 2022 general election . Paudel spent over 15 years as a prisoner of conscience on various occasions, mostly for being an opponent of the panchayat system. He was detained on the following occasions: Paudel was the candidate from Nepali Congress and its 10-party alliance for
483-445: Was dissolved and replaced by a 330-member interim legislature of Nepal . The legislature drafted an interim constitution and a constituent assembly election was held in April 2008 . The 601-member assembly on 28 May 2008 abolished the 238-year-old monarchy and declared the country a republic. The constituent assembly, which was initially given two years to draft a new constitution, was dissolved on 27 May 2012 after its failure to draft
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#1732766158160506-644: Was dissolved on 21 January 2018 (7 Magh 2074 BS ). According to the Constitution of Nepal 2015 , Nepal has a two-chamber parliament ( संसद ), consisting of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly, with the President of Nepal acting as their head. The President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( नेपालको राष्ट्रपति , Nēpālakō rāṣṭrapati ) is the head of state of Nepal and commander in chief of
529-406: Was elected from Tanahun 2 , a seat he then held consecutively until 2017. Paudel was elected speaker of the House of Representatives following the election, and served until 1999. Following the 1999 general election , he was appointed deputy prime minister and Minister for Home Affairs, and he served in those positions until 2002. Paudel was elected general secretary of the Nepali Congress following
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