Sudha Sharma Gautam
Dr. Sudha Sharma Gautam | |
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डा. सुधा शर्मा गौतम | |
Gautam in her first media briefing as a Health Minister in October 2025 | |
| Minister of Health and Population of Nepal | |
| Assumed office 26 October 2025 | |
| President | Ram Chandra Poudel |
| Prime Minister | Sushila Karki |
| Preceded by | Pradip Paudel |
| Secretary at Ministry of Health and Population | |
| In office October 2008 – December 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Nepalese |
| Party | Independent |
Dr. Sudha Sharma Gautam (Nepali: डा. सुधा शर्मा गौतम) is a Nepalese politician and senior obstetrician-gynecologist who has served as a minister of health and population in the Sushila Karki led interim Government since 26 October 2025.[1][2][3][4] She was a former Secretary at the Ministry of Health and Population from October 2008 to December 2011.[5][6]
She also previously served as President of the Nepal Medical Association, President of Nepal Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, President of the South Asian Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman of Education Committee of the Asia Oceana Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology and former Director of Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital in Thapathali, Kathmandu.[7][8]
Books and publications
In 2021, she published a memoir entitled Singha Durbar ko Ghumne Mech, which can be translated to The Revolving Chair of Singha Durbar and loosely based on large scale corruption and patriarchal bureaucracy in health sectors of Nepal.[9][10]
References
- ^ "Prime Minister Karki inducts two new ministers". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2025-10-26.
- ^ "Dr. Sudha Sharma, Bablu Gupta sworn in as ministers". Khabarhub. Retrieved 2025-10-26.
- ^ "Nepal's Karki adds popular volunteer organiser, doctor to cabinet". South China Morning Post. 2025-10-26. Retrieved 2025-10-26.
- ^ Online, T. H. T. (2025-10-26). "New Health Minister Dr. Sudha Sharma prioritizes mental health, pledges transparency". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2025-10-26.
- ^ "Two newly appointed ministers take oath of office and secrecy; Sunar and Shrestha's oath deferred". Retrieved 2025-10-26.
- ^ "Dr Sudha Sharma's 'Singha Durbarko Ghumne Mech' released". www.myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com. 2024-08-08. Retrieved 2025-10-26.
- ^ "Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) established in 1951, is a not-for-profit association that is internationally". pata.org.np. Retrieved 2025-10-26.
- ^ Longo, Lawrence D. (February 2000). Parvin, Theophilus (1829-1898), obstetrician and gynecologist. American National Biography Online. Oxford University Press.
- ^ "Of being a woman in a man's world". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2025-10-26.
- ^ Mausam (2020-10-19). "Nepalaya releases Dr Sudha Sharma's memoir 'Singha Durbarko Ghumne Mech'". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2025-10-26.