Nepali politician and former chief minister of Bagmati Province
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Honourable
Astalaxmi Shakya
अष्टलक्ष्मी शाक्य
2nd Chief Minister of Bagmati Province
In office 18 August 2021 – 27 October 2021
Governor
Bishnu Prasad Prasain
Yadav Chandra Sharma
Preceded by
Dormani Poudel
Succeeded by
Rajendra Prasad Pandey
Minister for Industry
In office 18 August 2008 – 25 May 2009
President
Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister
Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded by
Shyam Sundar Gupta
Succeeded by
Mahendra Raya Yadav
Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare
In office 2004–2005
Monarch
Gyanendra
Prime Minister
Sher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded by
Renu Kumari Yadav
Succeeded by
Durga Shrestha
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Bagmati Province
In office 1 February 2018 – 2022
Preceded by
Constituency created
Succeeded by
Uddhav Thapa
Constituency
Kathmandu 8 (B)
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 1999–2008
Preceded by
Sahana Pradhan
Succeeded by
Hit Man Shakya (as member of the Constituent Assembly)
Constituency
Kathmandu 6
Member of the Constituent Assembly / Legislature Parliament
In office 28 May 2008 – 14 October 2017
Constituency
Party list
Personal details
Born
(1953-09-30) 30 September 1953 (age 70) Jhochhen, Kathmandu, Nepal
Nationality
Nepali
Political party
Communist Party of Nepal (UML) (before 2018, 2021–present)
Astalaxmi Shakya (Nepali: अष्टलक्ष्मी शाक्य) is a Nepalese politician and former Chief Minister of Bagmati Province.[1] She is first woman chief minister of Nepal.[2] Governor Bishnu Prasad Prasain appointed Shakya as the chief minister as per Article 168 (1) of the Constitution of Nepal after she was unanimously elected parliamentary party leader of the CPN (UML) on 18 August 2021, following the resignation of outgoing chief minister Dormani Poudel, as both the parliamentary party leader and chief minister. On 9th March 2023 she was chosen as a candidate in the 2023 Nepalese vice presidential election from Communist Party of Nepal (UML) .
First elected to parliament in 1999, Shakya served as the Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare from 2004 to 2005 and Ministry for Industry from 2008 to 2009. She also currently serves as the vice-president of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist).
^"Asta Laxmi sworn-in as Chief Minister of Bagmati Province". Khabarhub. 18 August 2021.
^"Asta Laxmi Shakya becomes first woman chief minister". The Kathmandu Post.
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