Parmanand Jha

Parmanand Jha
परमानन्द झा
Official portrait, 2009
1st Vice President of Nepal
In office
23 July 2008 – 31 October 2015[1]
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Bidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterGirija Prasad Koirala
Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Madhav Kumar Nepal
Jhala Nath Khanal
Baburam Bhattarai
Khil Raj Regmi
Sushil Koirala
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byNanda Kishor Pun
Personal details
Born1946 (age 77–78)
Darbhanga district, Bihar Province, British India
NationalityNepali
Political partyMadhesi Jana Adhikar Forum

Parmanand Jha (Nepali: परमानन्द झा; born 1946) is a Nepali politician who served as the first vice president of Nepal from 23 July 2008 to 31 October 2015. Previously he served as a Supreme Court judge.

He was born to Nepali parents and brought up in Darbhanga district in the Indian state of Bihar, at his maternal uncle's home, according to Hindu traditions. His father belongs to historical Mithila region of Nepal, and so he is a descendant native citizen and federal subject of Nepal.[2] Jha resigned as a judge in December 2007 after he was not proposed by the Judicial Council.[citation needed]. Later, Jha joined political life and became a member of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum.[3] On 19 July 2008, he was elected as Vice-President of Nepal by the Constituent Assembly.[3]

He began his first term of office as Vice-President of Nepal on 23 July 2008 by taking the oath of office from President Ram Baran Yadav at the Sheetal Niwas Presidential Palace in Maithili (despite he intended to take oath in Hindi) in the presence of Prime Minister Girijaprasad Koirala and others.

  1. ^ "Nanda Bahadur Pun elected Vice-President of Nepal". Himalayan Times. 31 October 2015. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  2. ^ वन इंडिया » देश उपराष्ट्रपति का भाई साईकिल का दुकानदार Archived 15 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Oneindia.in. Published 25 July 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2013
  3. ^ a b "Jha vows to work in independent manner". Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens. Mercantile Communications Pvt. Ltd. 19 July 2008. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008.