Sujata Koirala

Sujata Koirala, Former Deputy-prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Nepal

Sujata Koirala (Nepali: सुजाता कोइराला) is a Nepalese politician and the only daughter of former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala. She was made Foreign Minister under Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal. Sujata was promoted to Deputy Prime Minister on October 12, 2009. [1] She has a daughter named Melanie Koirala Jost. [2]

Career

She is the second women to become deputy prime minister in Nepal. The first, Shailaja Acharya, was Koirala's niece. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Chapagain, Kiran (October 12, 2009). "Sujata is DPM at last". MyRepublica. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Case filed against rubel chaudhary". xnepali. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  3. ↑ koirala, Girija. "Koirala's daughter to become Nepal's deputy PM". times of india. Retrieved 30 January 2013.



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