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Mukherjee congratulates Nepal's first woman president

The president tends to be the leader of the opposition party, but Bhandari apparently holds the ear of the current prime minister, which could increase her influence.

The 54-year-old is now the vice-chair of the ruling Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist Leninist).

"Bhandari said her election - by a vote of 327-214 against Congress party leader Kul Bahadur Gurung - marked a first step toward assuring the new constitutional guarantees of equality are fulfilled". She was earlier the defense minister from 2009 to 2011.

Beyond being the first female ceremonial head of state of Nepal, Bhandari is one of two female politicians to hold a major political role in the country.

Her decades-long involvement with politics came to a natural head during Nepal's democracy protests in 2006.

She has always been a political activist in what is largely a male-dominated society. In April 2006, the king chose to concede to protesters and re-establish Nepal's democratic parliament.

Kathmandu: Vidya Devi Bhandari today took the oath of office as Nepal's first woman President since the country was declared a republic after the 240-year-old monarchy was abolished in 2008.

Meanwhile, India, China and the U.S. have congratulated Bhandari on her election as the new President of Nepal. Bhandari had a determining role, along with others, in ensuring the reservation of a third of parliamentary seats for women in the new constitution, which also lays down that either the president or the vice president must be a woman. However, a few people have questioned her feminist credentials, as Bhandari supports citizenship laws they say are anti-women.

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