Chitra Lekha Yadav

Chitra Lekha Yadav (Nepali: चित्र लेखा यादव), a member of Nepali Congress, assumed the post of the Minister of Education of Nepal on 25 February 2014 under Sushil Koirala-led government.^[2][3] Chitralekha Yadav has been appointed as Nepal’s ambassador to Australia, as per Article 282(1) of the Constitution, according to the President’s Office. She is currently serving in this role at the Embassy of Nepal in Australia. ^[4][5][6]

Chitra Lekha Yadav
चित्रलेखा यादव
Minister for Education of Nepal
In office 25 February 2014 – 12 October 2015
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Sushil Koirala
Vice President	Paramananda Jha
Succeeded by	Giriraj Mani Pokharel
Deputy Speaker of Pratinidhi Sabha & Interim Legislature
In office May 1999 – April 2008
Preceded by	Lila Shrestha Subba
Succeeded by	Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for Nepali Congress party list
In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Member of Constituent Assembly for Nepali Congress party list
In office 21 January 2014 – 13 October 2017
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office May 1999 – May 2002
Preceded by	Narendra Raj Pokharel
Succeeded by	Raj Lal Yadav
Constituency	Siraha 2
Personal details
Born	(1965-05-28) 28 May 1965 (age 60)[1] Siraha District
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	Nepali Congress

Political career

Chitra Lekha Yadav was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.^[7] Yadav became its deputy chairman.^[8] Nepali Congress divided vertically to two parties, one led by former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Nepali Congress (Democratic), and the other is led by Girija Prasad Koirala. After vertical split of the party, she supported Nepali Congress (Democratic) (which later reunified with NC).

Yadav is the NC candidate in the Siraha-2 constituency for the 2008 Constituent Assembly election.^[9]