Pampha Bhusal

Pampha Bhusal (Nepali: पम्फा भुसाल) is a Nepali politician. She has served as an elected member of parliament and constitutional assembly as well as a minister several times. She was the second woman to lead a political party in Nepal after Sahana Pradhan; she was the leader of the United Peoples’ Front (Samyukta Janamorcha) c. 1994.[1] On 13 July 2021 she became Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation in the newly formed cabinet under Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.

Early life and career

Bhusal was born c. 1963 in Kimdada, a remote village in Arghakhanchi.[1]

She entered student politics in 1977 when she was studying in the eighth grade, and four years later, in 1981, she took active membership of the Communist Party of Nepal.[1]

References
  1. Neupane, Damodar; Bista, Dipendra (31 January 2015). "सानो छँदा : पम्फा भुसाल". Kantipur (in Nepali). Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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