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Bidhya Devi Bhandari

1961 - Today

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Bidya Devi Bhandari (Nepali: विद्यादेवी भण्डारी, pronounced [bid̚djadebi bʱʌɳɖaɾi]; born 19 June 1961) is a Nepali former politician who served as the second president of Nepal from 2015 to 2023. She formerly served as the minister of defence and minister of environment and population. She is the first woman to hold the presidential office in the country. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bidhya Devi Bhandari has received more than 786,071 page views. Her biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Bidhya Devi Bhandari is the 7,671st most popular politician (down from 6,944th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Nepal (down from 14th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Nepalese Politician.

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  • 62.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 76

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bidhya Devi Bhandari ranks 7,671 out of 19,576. Before her are Eliza Lynch, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Hasan Prishtina, Ibrahim Bey, Judith of Schweinfurt, and Tsutomu Hata. After her are Charaton, Beatrice of Lorraine, Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, Sergey Naryshkin, Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, and Ibrahim Muteferrika.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Bidhya Devi Bhandari ranks 76. Before her are David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, Ghislaine Maxwell, Iain Glen, Jared Harris, Tite, and Heather Locklear. After her are Frans Timmermans, Tom Sizemore, Joan Chen, Boy George, Kalpana Chawla, and Jennifer Coolidge.

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In Nepal

Among people born in Nepal, Bidhya Devi Bhandari ranks 15 out of 59. Before her are Birendra of Nepal (1945), Gyanendra of Nepal (1947), Chandra Bahadur Dangi (1939), Ram Baran Yadav (1948), Bhanubhakta Acharya (1814), and Janaka (null). After her are Anuruddha (-450), Ram Chandra Poudel (1944), Suman Pokhrel (1967), Pushpa Kamal Dahal (1954), Mahendra of Nepal (1920), and Tribhuvan of Nepal (1906).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nepal

Among politicians born in Nepal, Bidhya Devi Bhandari ranks 7. Before her are Yaśodharā (-600), Śuddhodana (-590), Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723), Birendra of Nepal (1945), Gyanendra of Nepal (1947), and Ram Baran Yadav (1948). After her are Ram Chandra Poudel (1944), Pushpa Kamal Dahal (1954), Mahendra of Nepal (1920), Tribhuvan of Nepal (1906), Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (1980), and Sher Bahadur Deuba (1946).

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