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Parliament elects first female president of Nepal

29 October 2015
Bidhya Devi Bhandari after voting in the presidential election at Nepal’s parliament in Kathmandu. (photo credit: Xinhua/Rex Shutterstock)
Bidhya Devi Bhandari after voting in the presidential election at Nepal’s parliament in Kathmandu. (photo credit: Xinhua/Rex Shutterstock)
<p>A communist politician who has long campaigned for women’s rights has become Nepal’s first female president.&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.4px;">Bidhya Devi Bhandari of the Communist party of&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 20.4px;">Nepal</span><span style="line-height: 20.4px;">&nbsp;(Unified Marxist-Leninist) received 327 votes against her opponent’s 214 in parliament on Wednesday, the speaker, Onsari Gharti Magar, announced.</span></p>
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