Dwarika Devi Thakurani (Nepali: द्वारिकादेवी ठकुरानी) was a Nepali politician, the first Nepali woman to be elected to parliament and the first woman to become a cabinet minister.
Career[edit | edit source]
Thakurani was elected to parliament in the first democratic election of Nepal, held in February 1959. She was a candidate from Constituency No. 66,[1] Dadeldhura District for Nepali Congress. She was the only woman elected to the House of Representatives (out of 15 that ran),[2] and jointly the first woman in the Nepalese parliament, alongside Kamal Rana, who had been appointed to the Senate.[3]
Following the election, she was also appointed deputy minister of Health and Local Self-governance on 27 May 1959 in the BP Koirala cabinet,[4] also becoming the first female minister in Nepal.[5][6]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Marching Ahead" (PDF). National Democratic Institute. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Ahmed, Nizam (24 August 2017). Women in Governing Institutions in South Asia: Parliament, Civil Service and Local Government. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-57475-2.
- ↑ Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal (2004) Femmes et politique en Inde et au Népal pp92–93
- ↑ "Women ministers in Nepal". South Asia Check. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ↑ "Oli speaking about Nepal's first elected woman parliamentarian makes three mistakes". South Asia Check. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ↑ Joshi, Bhuwan Lal; Rose, Leo E. (1966). Democratic Innovations in Nepal: A Case Study of Political Acculturation. University of California Press.