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[2] [3] She served as the vice-chairperson of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and was the chair of the All Nepal Women's Association before being elected president. [4] [5] [6] Bhandari previously served as the Minister of Defence, the first woman to hold the office, from 2009 to 2011.
Indirect presidential elections were held in Nepal on 28 October 2015. Bidya Devi Bhandari of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected president, becoming Nepal's first female head of state.
In October 2015, Nepal elected its first female president, Bidhya Devi Bhandari. [8] Other famous Nepali women include CNN Hero of the Year winners Anuradha Koirala, Pushpa Basnet, first female to climb Mt. Everest Pasang Lamu Sherpa, international award-winning athletes Mira Rai, Phupu Lhamu Khatri, and the first female chief justice Sushila ...
The first woman elected president of a country was Vigdís Finnbogadóttir of Iceland, who won the 1980 presidential election as well as three subsequent elections, remaining in office for a total of 16 years, which makes her the longest-serving non-hereditary female head of state in history. [5] [2]
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: Denotes Acting Head of State
In Nepal, however, the president is not even the nominal chief executive, as Section 75 of the Constitution explicitly vests executive power in the Council of Ministers Part 6, Article 61, Section 4 of the constitution states that the president is the guardian of the constitution; and compliance and protection of the constitution shall be the ...
President of the Municipal Council of Penang Island – Patahiyah Ismail – 2010 [197] (First woman municipal council president in Malaysia) Mayor of Petaling Jaya – Alinah Ahmad – 2013 [198] (First woman mayor in Malaysia) Speaker of Selangor State Legislative Assembly – Hannah Yeoh – 2013 [199] [200] (First female Speaker in state ...
First woman to become an American airline captain. [26] [27] 1978 Judy Cameron: First female pilot hired to fly for a major Canadian carrier . [28] 1984 Svetlana Savitskaya: First woman to space walk. [29] 1991 Sony Rana: Nepal's first licensed female commercial airline pilot. [30] [31] February 1995 Eileen Collins: First female Space Shuttle ...