Mithila Chaudhary

Mithila Chaudhary (, 25 March 1966 – 10 June 2022) was a Nepalese politician and communist activist. She served in the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly and as Minister for Population and Environment.

Biography Chaudhary was born on 25 March 1966 in Dhanusha, Nepal, and was raised in Bihar, India. Her parents were an Indian father and a Nepali mother.

Chaudhary married a member of the Communist Party of Nepal (Amatya), then herself joined the party. She lobbied for the establishment of the party’s women’s wing. Chaudhary was appointed as Minister for Population and Environment in 2017. She represented Nepal at the 2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23) in Bonn, Germany, and announced that Nepal would embrace the concepts adopted by G77+China and the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) on climate change and its impact.. Nepal also became a member of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) during Chaudhary's time as Minister.