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Bidya Devi Bhandari

Politician

Bidya Devi Bhandari is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Bidhja Devi Bhandari · Bidhjá Déví Bhandáríová · Bidhya Bhandari · Bidhya Devi Bhandari · Bidya Devi Bhandari · 23 more...				[sources]
Other name	Bidhja Devi Bhandari · Bidhjá Déví Bhandárí · Bidhjá Déví Bhandáríová · Bidhya Bhandari · Bindhádévi Bhandári · 28 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	ビディヤ・デヴィ・バンダリ · ビディヤ・バンダリ · 比迪娅·戴维·班达里				[sources]
Birth date	1961-06-19				[sources]
Place of birth	Mane Bhanjyang				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Nepal				[sources]
Country	Nepal				[sources]
Citizenship	Nepal				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Last name	Bhandari				[sources]
Phone	4484322				[sources]
Website	www.presidentofnepal.gov.np · english.presidentofnepal.gov.np · www.presidentofnepal.gov.np				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16193958				[sources]
Position	Constituent Assembly (member, 2014-) · Ministry of Defence (2009-2011) · President of Nepal (2015-2023)				[sources]
Education	Tribhuvan University · bachelor's degree				[sources]
Religion	Hinduism				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

president of Nepal

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-11-12

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
President of Nepal	2015-10-29	2023-03-12

Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,222

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories377,916

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,508

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata351,728

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-nepal-bidya-devi-bhandari-president · evpo-1c085e0d-a13c-4231-85eb-d5f15551a1fe · us-cia-nepal-bidya-devi-bhandari-pres

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