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birendra 22 september 2014 kathmandu , nepal ason , kathmandu , nepal communist party of nepal -lrb- unified marxist-leninist -rrb- minister of foreign affairs 17 june 1927 pushpa lal shrestha sahana pradhan.jpg sahana pradhan
 sahana pradhan सहाना प्रधान
sahana pradhan

sahana pradhan -lrb- 17 june 1927 -- 22 september 2014 -rrb- was a nepalese politician from a newar family in kathmandu .
she resigned as minister of foreign affairs of nepal on april 16 , 2008 .
she also served as deputy prime minister of nepal within the coalition government of prime minister girija prasad koirala from 2007 to 2008 .
pradhan was married to communist stalwart pushpa lal shrestha , and was a leading figure in his communist party of nepal .
when pushpa lal died in 1978 , balaram upadhyaya became party leader .
in 1986 pradhan became the leader of the party .
in 1987 the party merged with manmohan adhikari 's faction , forming the communist party of nepal -lrb- marxist -rrb- when the cpn -lrb- uml -rrb- was divided in 1998 , pradhan sided with the break-away faction .
she became chairperson of communist party of nepal -lrb- marxist-leninist -rrb- .
however , in 2002 cpn -lrb- ml -rrb- merged back into cpn -lrb- uml -rrb- .
at the 2003 7th conference of cpn -lrb- uml -rrb- , pradhan was reelected to the central committee .
pradhan was the number two candidate of cpn -lrb- uml -rrb- in the proportional representation list for the april 2008 constituent assembly election .
pradhan died of a brain hemorrhage on 22 september 2014 at the age of 86 in at vayodha hospital in kathmandu .
