Parmananda Jha

Parmanand Jha परमानन्द झा
1st Vice President of Nepal
In office 23 July 2008 – 31 October 2015
President	Ram Baran Yadav Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Nanda Kishor Pun
Personal details
Born	1946 (age 70–71) Darbhanga, Bihar Province, British India
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum

Parmanand Jha (Nepali: परमानन्द झा; born 1946) is a Nepalese politician who served as the Vice President of Nepal from 23 July 2008 to 31 October 2015. Previously he served as a Supreme Court judge. He was born and brought up in Darbhanga in the Indian State of Bihar with his maternal uncle's home to a Nepali parents - according to Hindu traditions. His father's belongs to Nepal, and so he is a descendent native citizen of Nepal. Jha resigned as a judge in December 2007 after he was not proposed by the Judicial Council as a permanent judge at the apex court, following allegations of involvement in drug smuggling. Later, Jha joined political life and became a member of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum, one of several organizations agitating against dominance of Nepal's politics by the minority hill population against the Madhesis. On 19 July 2008, he was elected as Vice-President of Nepal by the Constituent Assembly.

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 Hindi in the presence of Prime Minister Girijaprasad Koirala and others.

Jha's legitimacy as Vice-President was challenged for taking the oath of office in Hindi by hill ethnicities that have dominated Nepal's politics. Jha's mother tongue is Maithili but he is also fluent in Hindi, Bengali, and English.

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