Chitra Lekha Yadav

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Chitra Lekha Yadav (Nepali: चित्र लेखा यादव), a member of Nepali Congress, assumed the post of the Minister of Education of Nepal on 25 February 2014 under Sushil Koirala-led government.[1][2] Chitralekha Yadav has been appointed as Nepal’s ambassador to Australia, as per Article 282(1) of the Constitution, according to the President’s Office. She is currently serving in this role at the Embassy of Nepal in Australia. [3][4][5]

Political career

Chitra Lekha Yadav was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.[6] Yadav became its deputy chairman.[7] Nepali Congress divided vertically to two parties, one led by former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Nepali Congress (Democratic), and the other is led by Girija Prasad Koirala. After vertical split of the party, she supported Nepali Congress (Democratic) (which later reunified with NC).

Yadav is the NC candidate in the Siraha-2 constituency for the 2008 Constituent Assembly election.[8]

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