<Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Relatives </Th> <Td> Gyanendra Bahadur Karki (brother) </Td> </Tr> <P> Bidhya Devi Bhandari (Nepali: विद्या देवी भण्डारी; born 19 June 1961) is a communist politician, and the second and current President of Nepal and commander in chief of Nepalese Army . She is the first woman to hold the office . She was the vice-chairperson of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist--Leninist) and chair of the All Nepal Women Association before winning the presidential election on 28 October 2015 . She was elected as President in a parliamentary vote, receiving 327 votes out of 549 and defeating Kul Bahadur Gurung . In 2016, Forbes placed her 52 in their list of the world's 100 most powerful women . She previously served as the Minister of Defence of the government of Nepal and was the first woman in Nepal to hold that post . She was also the minister for Environment and population in 1990s, and has been presenting many environmental awareness campaign and women rights concern till dated . On June 2017, she visited IUCN headquarters and Director General Inger Andersen in Gland, Switzerland to discuss opportunities for enhanced collaboration on nature conservation and sustainable development . </P> <P> Bidhya Devi Bhandari was born on 19 June 1961, in Mane Bhanjyang of Bhojpur, to Ram Bahadur Pandey and Mithila Pandey . Her political career began from a Leftist student union and she got the membership of them Communist Party of Nepal - Marxist--Leninist in 1980 . </P>

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