Pabitra Niraula (Kharel) | |
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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.
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