Brief Biography of Hon'ble Mrs. Sahana Pradhan
Minister for Foreign Affairs
| Born: |
1932, Asan Tole, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Father: |
Shanker Lal Pradhan |
| Mother: |
Rambha Devi Pradhan |
| Husband: |
Late Puspa Lal Shrestha |
| Children: |
Two children (one son, one daughter) |
Education:
Attended secondary level schooling in Myanmar (Burma). My father brought our family back to Nepal in 1944 during World War II. Education for girls was a social taboo in Nepal at that time. Doors were open only after civil and fundamental rights movement in 1947 in which I myself took part.
| 1948 |
School Leaving Certificate, Durbar High School, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| 1951 |
Intermediate degree in Arts, Isabella Thoburn College, Luchnow, India |
| 1952 |
Bachelor's degree in Arts, (Majoring in Economics), Patna, India |
| 1961 |
Master's degree in Arts, (Majoring in Economics), Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal |
Academic Career:
| 1951 - 1956 |
Teacher in Kanya Mandir High School and Sita Ram High School |
| 1956 - 1962 |
Senior Instructor in Normal School |
| 1962 - 1964 |
Lecturer in Trichandra College |
| 1964 - 1973 |
Lecturer in Padma Kanya College, Tribhuvan University |
| 1973 - 1975 |
Lecturer in Tribhuvan University |
Political Career and Responsibility:
- Kept in police custody for 16 days in connection of political reason in 1947
- Joined Communist Party of Nepal in 1951
- Kept in police custody in 1952
- General Secretary of Nepal Women's Organization
- Executive member of youth and student federation
- Zonal member of Communist party of Nepal in 1953
- Politburo member of Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) in 1978
- Spent 5 months in jail in connection of "Satyagraha" in 1985
- Spent 2 months in jail in connection of "Satyagraha" in 1989
- Politburo member of Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist Leninist) in 1990
- Chairperson, United Left Front in 1989. Led United Left Front along with Nepali Congress into the United Democratic Movement against the party-less Autocratic Panchayat system in order to establish multi-party democratic system.
- Chairperson, Women Security Pressure Group, 1992
- Chairperson, Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist Leninist), 1997 - 2001
- Standing Committee member of Communist Party of Nepal, United Marxist and Leninist
- Advisor, Friends for Peace
- Led Nepali delegation in the meeting of SAARC Council of Minister, April 2007.
Previous Ministerial Responsibility:
Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies - 1990
Minister for Women and Social Welfare - 1997
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