Sahana Pradhan
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Who is Sahana Pradhan?
Sahana Pradhan is a Nepalese politician. She hails from a Newar family in Kathmandu. She resigned as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal on April 16, 2008.
Pradhan was married to communist stalwart Pushpa Lal Shrestha, and was a leading figure in his Communist Party of Nepal. When Pushpa Lal died in 1978, Balaram Upadhyaya became party leader. In 1986 Pradhan became the leader of the party. In 1987 the party merged with Manmohan Adhikari's faction, forming the Communist Party of Nepal
When the CPN was divided in 1998, Pradhan sided with the break-away faction. She became chairperson of Communist Party of Nepal. However, in 2002 CPN merged back into CPN.
At the 2003 7th conference of CPN, Pradhan was reelected to the Central Committee.
Pradhan was the number two candidate of CPN in the proportional representation list for the April 2008 Constituent Assembly election.
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