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Bidhya Devi Bhandari

President of Nepal · Nepal · Politicians · Born 1961 · age 65

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Nepal's first woman president, holding the office from 2015 to 2023. Before that, she broke ground as the country's first female defence minister and built a career around environmental policy and women's rights.

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Born in 1961, Bhandari rose through the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) to vice-chair and led the All Nepal Women's Association. She served as minister of environment and population in 1997, then became minister of defence in 2009 - the first woman in that role - holding it until 2011. Her environmental advocacy took her to the International Union for Conservation of Nature headquarters in Switzerland in 2017, where she met director general Inger Andersen to discuss conservation and sustainable development. Elected president in 2015, she was the second person and first woman to hold the office. Forbes ranked her 52nd on its 2016 list of the world's most powerful women. Her term ended in 2023.

Country
Nepal
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
living
Dates
Born 1961 · age 65

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