Nepal was ruled by
monarchs of the
Shah dynasty from 1768 till the abolition of monarchy in 2008. However, from 1846 until the
1950–1951 revolution, the country was
de facto ruled by the
hereditary prime ministers of the
Rana dynasty, reducing the role of the Shah monarch to that of a
figurehead. The monarchy was abolished on 28 May 2008 by the
1st Constituent Assembly.
Transitional period (State of Nepal, 2007–2008) Under the interim constitution adopted in January 2007, all powers of governance were removed from the king, and the
Constituent Assembly elected in
2008 was to decide in its first meeting whether to continue the monarchy or to declare a republic. During the suspension of the monarchy,
Girija Prasad Koirala, then
Prime Minister of Nepal, acted as the Head of State. On 28 May 2008, the Assembly voted to abolish the monarchy.
Ram Baran Yadav was elected by the Constituent Assembly, and was sworn in as the nation's first president on 23 July 2008.
Status: ==Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (2008–present)==