Mahendra Bahadur Pandey is a Nepalese politician and diplomat. A politburo member of the

Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) The Communist Party of Nepal ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी), abbreviated CPN, was a communist party in Nepal from 1949 to 1962. It was founded on 15 September 1949 to struggle against the autocratic Rana ...

, on 25 February 2014 he assumed the post of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal under

Sushil Koirala Sushil Prasad Koirala (; 12 August 1931 – 9 February 2016) was a Nepalese politician and the Prime Minister of Nepal from 11 February 2014 to 10 October 2015. He was also President of the Nepali Congress from 2010 to 2016, having earlier serve ...

-led government. Since April 2020, he is the Ambassador of Nepal to China. Due to the

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, he assumed his post from Kathmandu until September 2020.

Personal life

Pandey was born to father Fatta Bahadur Pandey and mother Bishnu Maya Pandey in Likhu, Nuwakot,

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

in May 1948. He earned his Bachelor of Education (B. Ed.) in English, M.Ed from

Tribhuwan University Tribhuvan University (TU; ne, त्रिभुवन विश्वविद्यालय) is a public university located in Kirtipur, Kathmandu. Established in 1959, TU is the oldest university in Nepal. In terms of enrollment, it is t ...

of Nepal. He studied Conflict Management from Ulster University, N.Ireland. He holds a Bachelor of Law (LLB) too. He served as the Associate Professor of English in Tribhuvan University for 20 years from 1975 to 1995. He is married to Mrs Bhim Kumari Thapa. They have a daughter, Liberty, and a son, Wisdom.

Political career

Since his student life, he was deeply inspired to fight for the democratic rights of the

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and for the just and equitable society. That drew him to the leftist movement in 1966. Later on, he joined the

Communist Party of Nepal The Communist Party of Nepal ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी), abbreviated CPN, was a communist party in Nepal from 1949 to 1962. It was founded on 15 September 1949 to struggle against the autocratic Rana ...

in 1977. He was eventually elected to the House of Representatives for

Nuwakot District Nuwakot District ( ne, नुवाकोट जिल्ला, a part of Bagmati Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Bidur as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population of 288,4 ...

in 1999 and served as the Chief

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of his party from 2006 to 2007. He also served as the Member Secretary of Social Welfare Council in 1995. Apart from his cabinet responsibility, he holds the post of the Chief of Education and Human Resource Department of the

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pandey, Mahendra Bahadur 1948 births Date of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Nuwakot District Tribhuvan University alumni Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians Government ministers of Nepal Foreign Ministers of Nepal Nepal MPs 1999–2002 Ambassadors of Nepal to China