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Bidhya Devi Bhandari

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Bidya Devi Bhandari (Nepali: विद्यादेवी भण्डारी, pronounced [bid̚djadebi bʱʌɳɖaɾi]; born 19 June 1961) is a Nepali former politician who served as the second president of Nepal from 2015 to 2023. She formerly served as the minister of defence and minister of environment and population. She is the first woman to hold the presidential office in the country. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2024). Bidhya Devi Bhandari is the 1,733rd most popular politician (up from 7,666th in 2024), the 6th most popular biography from Nepal (up from 15th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Nepalese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bidhya Devi Bhandari ranks 1,733 out of 19,576. Before her are Ferenc Szálasi, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Robert Fico, José Eduardo dos Santos, Chester A. Arthur, and Arsinoe IV of Egypt. After her are King Elah, Memnon, Frederick I of Denmark, Theuderic I, Henry I, Duke of Guise, and Ferdinand II of Portugal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Bidhya Devi Bhandari ranks 11. Before her are Michael J. Fox, Sanae Takaichi, Lothar Matthäus, Nadia Comăneci, Stephen Hillenburg, and Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. After her are George Clooney, Hibatullah Akhundzada, Eddie Murphy, António Costa, Liam Cunningham, and Yanis Varoufakis.

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In Nepal

Among people born in Nepal, Bidhya Devi Bhandari ranks 6 out of 59. Before her are Gautama Buddha (-566), Yaśodharā (-600), Maya (-600), Tenzing Norgay (1914), and Mahapajapati Gotami (-600). After her are KP Sharma Oli (1952), Pushpa Kamal Dahal (1954), Rāhula (-534), Śuddhodana (-590), Chandra Bahadur Dangi (1939), and Ram Chandra Poudel (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nepal

Among politicians born in Nepal, Bidhya Devi Bhandari ranks 2. Before her are Yaśodharā (-600). After her are KP Sharma Oli (1952), Pushpa Kamal Dahal (1954), Śuddhodana (-590), Ram Chandra Poudel (1944), Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723), Birendra of Nepal (1945), Gyanendra of Nepal (1947), Queen Aishwarya of Nepal (1949), Jung Bahadur Rana (1817), and Ram Baran Yadav (1948).

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