Shailaja Acharya

Shailaja Acharya (Nepali: शैलजा आचार्य) (c. 1944 – June 12, 2009) was a Nepalese politician. She was a senior member of the Nepali Congress party. She was the nation's first female Deputy Prime Minister for a brief period in 1998.[1][2]

Acharya was the niece of Nepal's first elected prime minister Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala and of Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala. In her twenties she spent several years in prison as a political prisoner in Kathmandu. She was also the aunt of bollywood actor Manisha Koirala.[3][4]

She died on June 12, 2009 at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu. She had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease and pneumonia. She was 65.[3][4]

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  1. ↑ Woman Vice Premier Ministers and Deputy Chiefs of Government 1990-1999
  2. ↑ Manisha Koirala's aunt is new Nepal ambassador to India (note: post not taken up due to illness)
  3. 1 2 Shailaja Acharya passes away; top political leaders pay their last respects
  4. 1 2 Nepal's first woman deputy PM Shailaja dies

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