Arzu Rana Deuba | |
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आरजु राणा देउवा | |
 Deuba in 2021 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal | |
| In office 15 July 2024 –9 September 2025 | |
| President | Ram Chandra Poudel |
| Prime Minister | KP Sharma Oli |
| Preceded by | Narayan Kaji Shrestha |
| Member of the House of Representatives (PR) | |
| In office 22 December 2022 –12 September 2025 | |
| Constituency | Party List (Nepali Congress) |
| Member of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal | |
| In office 2008–2017 | |
| Constituency | Party List (Nepali Congress) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 January 1962 |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Political party | Nepali Congress |
| Spouse | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Alma mater | Himachal Pradesh University,Punjab University |
Arzu Rana Deuba (born 26 January 1962) [1] is a Nepali social worker,psychologist and politician,who previously served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. [2] She served as the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture,Cooperatives and Natural Resources from August 2023 to July 2024. [3]
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Dr. Deuba joined the Nepali Congress in 1996 and was elected Central Committee member of the party in December 2010. In the 2022 Nepalese general election she was elected as a proportional representative from the Khas people category. [4] She is the wife of former Prime Minister of Nepal,Sher Bahadur Deuba.
Deuba has pursued issues such as women's rights,reproductive rights,equal citizenship rights,property rights,violence against women,and equitable political representation while writing the Constitution of Nepal.
She was a member of the Constitution Drafting Committee and served as Chair of the Women Parliamentarians Coordination Committee. Deuba has established a number of NGOs in Nepal,including RUWDUC, [5] Saathi, [6] SMNF, [7] and SAMANTA,a research-based institute for social and gender equality. She has also served as an elected regional councilor for South and East Asia for IUCN and sits on boards including Ipas and the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development.
