Pabitra Niraula (Kharel) | |
|---|---|
| पवित्रा निरौला (खरेल) | |
| Chairperson of the International Relations Committee, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| In office 21 September 2018[1] – 18 September 2022 | |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Sudhir Kumar Siwakoti |
| Constituency | Jhapa 2 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pabitra Niraula 3 February 1964[2] Damak, Jhapa District |
| Political party | CPN (UML) |
Pabitra Niraula (Kharel) (Nepali: पवित्रा निरैला खरेल) (born Pabitra Niraula; 3 February 1964)[3] is a Nepali politician and one of only six women MPs to be elected, under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system in the 2017 elections, to the House of representatives of the federal parliament.[4] She is the chair of the Parliamentary International Relations Committee.[5] She is also a member of the National Representation Council and a long time central member of the All Nepal Women Association.
She had joined politics as a freedom fighter while still a student, and was held political prisoner by the state for a time.
- ^ "Chairpersons of HoR thematic panels sworn in". The Himalayan Times. September 22, 2018.
- ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
- ^ "Pabitra Niraula Kharel". election2013.ujyaaloonline.com.
- ^ "Six women elected to parliament under FPTP system". South Asia Check. December 11, 2017.
- ^ "House committee endorses report on former Gurkhas". The Himalayan Times. March 16, 2019.
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