Sahana Pradhan

Sahana Pradhan (17 June 1927 – 22 September 2014) was a Nepalese politician from a Newar family in Kathmandu.[1] She resigned as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal on April 16, 2008.[2] She also served as Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal within the coalition government of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala from 2007 to 2008.[3]

Sahana Pradhan
सहाना प्रधान
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1 April 2007 – 22 August 2008
MonarchBirendra
Personal details
Born(1927-06-17)17 June 1927
Asan, Kathmandu, Nepal
Died22 September 2014(2014-09-22) (aged 87)
Kathmandu, Nepal
Political partyCommunist Party of Nepal (UML)
Spouse(s)Pushpa Lal Shrestha

Pradhan was married to communist stalwart Pushpa Lal Shrestha, and was a leading figure in his Communist Party of Nepal. When Pushpa Lal died in 1978, Balaram Upadhyaya became party leader. In 1986 Pradhan became the leader of the party. In 1987 the party merged with Manmohan Adhikari's faction, forming the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)[4]

When the CPN(UML) was divided in 1998, Pradhan sided with the break-away faction. She became chairperson of Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist).[5] However, in 2002 CPN(ML) merged back into CPN(UML).[6]

At the 2003 7th conference of CPN(UML), Pradhan was reelected to the Central Committee.[7]

Pradhan was the number two candidate of CPN(UML) in the proportional representation list for the April 2008 Constituent Assembly election.[8]

Pradhan died of a brain hemorrhage on 22 September 2014 at the age of 86 in at Vayodha Hospital in Kathmandu.[9][10]

References
  1. Rawal, Bhim. The Communist Movement in Nepal: Origin and Development. Kathmandu: Accham-Kathmandu Contact Forum, 2007. p. 109.
  2. eKantipur.com - Nepal's No.1 News Portal
  3. Bhusal, Thira L. (2014-09-23). "Communist leader Sahana Pradhan passes away". Republica. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
  4. Rawal, Bhim. The Communist Movement in Nepal: Origin and Development. Kathmandu: Accham-Kathmandu Contact Forum, 2007. p. 82.
  5. Nepalnews.com (newsflash) Arc278) Archived 2004-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Nepalnews.com (newsflash) Arc329) Archived 2009-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Nepalnews.com (newsflash) Arc594 Archived 2009-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2008-10-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Senior communist figure Sahana Pradhan no more". europenepal. Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2014-09-23.
  10. "Sahana Pradhan dies: loss to Nepal communist movement". Telegraph Nepal. Retrieved 2014-09-23.
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