Nepal gets its first lady president, Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Nov 1, 2015 under National 834
A communist politician who has long campaigned for women’s rights has become Nepal’s first female president.
Bidhya Devi Bhandari of the Communist party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) received 327 votes against her opponent’s 214 in parliament on Wednesday, the speaker, Onsari Gharti Magar, announced.
The president is Nepal’s ceremonial head, while the prime minister is the nation’s leader.
Bhandari, 54, is deputy leader of the party led by the prime minister, Khadga Prasad Oli, who was elected earlier this month and leads a coalition government. The new constitution adopted last month required Nepal to name a new president.
