Arzu Rana Deuba Net Worth

Background and career

Arzu Rana Deuba (Nepali: आरजु राणा देउवा) (born 26 January 1962) is a Nepali politician, who previously served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. She served as the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, Cooperatives and Natural Resources from August 2023 to July 2024.

Dr. Deuba joined the Nepali Congress in 1996 and was elected Central Committee member of the party in 14th general convention of Nepali Congress. In the 2022 Nepalese general election she was elected as a proportional representative from the Khas people category. She is married to former Prime Minister of Nepal, Sher Bahadur Deuba.

Deuba has pursued issues such as women's rights, reproductive rights, equal citizenship rights, property rights, violence against women, and equitable political representation while writing the Constitution of Nepal. She has also highlighted the disproportionate impact of climate change on Nepali women, particularly those in rural and mountainous communities who face increased burdens from water scarcity, food insecurity, agricultural disruption, and climate-induced disasters.

She was a member of the Constitution Drafting Committee and served as Chair of the Women Parliamentarians Coordination Committee. Deuba has established a number of NGOs in Nepal, including RUWDUC, Saathi, SMNF, and SAMANTA, a research-based institute for social and gender equality. She has also served as an elected regional councilor for South and East Asia for IUCN and sits on boards including Ipas and the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development.