Julie Kumari Mahato

Honourable Juli Kumari Mahato
जुली कुमारी महतो
Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens
In office 25 December 2020 – 4 June 2021
President	Bidya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	KP Oli
Preceded by	Lila Nath Shrestha
Succeeded by	Lila Nath Shrestha
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 December 2022
Preceded by	Rajendra Mahato
Constituency	Dhanusha 3
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for CPN (UML) party list
In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Member of Constituent Assembly for CPN (UML) party list
In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Personal details
Born	(1976-05-26) 26 May 1976 (age 48)[1] Siraha District
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	CPN (UML)
Spouse	Raghubir Mahaseth

Juli Kumari Mahato (Nepali: जुली कुमारी महतो) (also spelt Juli Kumari Mahato[2]) is a Nepali communist politician. She is a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal and the former Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens .[2] She was elected from CPN UML[3] under the proportional representation system.[4]

In the 2013 elections for the second constituent assembly, she was a candidate for CPN UML from Dhanusa-3 constituency. She was elected a member of Pratinidhi Sabha from the same constituency in 2022 Nepalese general election by defeating Anil Kumar Jha of LSP-N. [5]

A long time member of CPN UML, she was appointed a "Co-Incharge" of Dhanusa district for Nepal Communist Party (NCP), the new party formed by the merger of CPN UML and CPN (Maoist Centre), in 2019.[6][7][8]

Electoral history

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Bimalendra Nidhi	15,031
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Juli Kumari Mahato	13,539
	UCPN (Maoist)	Haridev Mandal	2,523
	Others		5,065
Result		Congress hold
Source: NepalNews[9]

References

1. संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
2. "Juli Kumari Mahato". hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
3. "Draft meeting draws blank as lawmaker ban issue simmers". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
4. Republica. "UML sends 37 women, 4 men to parliament under PR system". My Republica. Archived from the original on 2019-08-13. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
5. "Julie Kumari Mahato". election2013.ujyaaloonline.com. Archived from the original on 2019-08-20. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
6. "NCP appoints 77 districts' incharge". The Himalayan Times. 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
7. Sureis (2018-05-24). "Ministers' spouses richer than their better halves - The Himalayan Times - Nepal's No.1 English Daily Newspaper | Nepal News, Latest Politics, Business, World, Sports, Entertainment, Travel, Life Style News". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
8. Republica. "Govt unveils ministers' property details; Mahaseth tops rich list". My Republica. Archived from the original on 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
9. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.