First president of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal Ram Baran Yadav chief justice Kedar Prasad Giri Vice President Parmananda Jha Nepalese...
{"Image ImageDescription": "First president of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, Ram Baran Yadav (C), chief justice Kedar Prasad Giri, (L) Vice President Parmananda Jha (2L), Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala (2R) and constitutional assembly President Kul Bahadur Gurung attend the Presidential swearing-in ceremony at the office of the President in Shital Niwas in Kathmandu on July 23, 2008.  The first president of newly-republican Nepal was sworn into office but the country remained in political limbo, with the former Maoist rebels refusing to form a government under him. Ram Baran Yadav took his oath in Nepal's new constitutional assembly, which had voted on May 28 to sack unpopular king Gyanendra and abolish the Himalayan country's 240-year-old monarchy.  AFP PHOTO/Prakash MATHEMA (Photo credit should read PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "2008 AFP"}