name the first woman who become the first president of nepal
Bidhya Devi Bhandari Bidhya Devi Bhandari (Nepali: विद्या देवी भण्डारी; born 19 June 1961) is a communist politician, and the second and current President of Nepal and commander in chief of Nepalese Army. She is the first woman to hold the office.[1][2][3] She was the vice-chairperson[4] of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)[5] and chair of the All Nepal Women Association before winning the presidential election on 28 October 2015.[6] She was elected as President in a parliamentary vote, receiving 327 votes out of 549 and defeating Kul Bahadur Gurung. In 2016, Forbes placed her 52 in their list of the world's 100 most powerful women.[5] She previously served as the Minister of Defence of the government of Nepal and was the first woman in Nepal to hold that post.[7][8][9] She was also the minister for Environment and population in 1990s, and has been presenting many environmental awareness campaign and women rights concern till dated.[10] On June 2017, she visited IUCN headquarters and Director General Inger Andersen in Gland, Switzerland to discuss opportunities for enhanced collaboration on nature conservation and sustainable development.[11]
Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike (Sinhalese: සිරිමා රත්වත්තේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක, Tamil: சிறிமா ரத்வத்தே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கே; 17 April 1916 – 10 October 2000), commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike[note 1], was a Sri Lankan stateswoman. She became the world's first female head of government when she became Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, serving three terms 1960–1965, 1970–1977 and 1994–2000.