The Nepalese government appointed Bharat Raj Paudyal as foreign secretary today. Paudyal, who had been working as Acting Foreign Secretary after incumbent Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi was appointed as chief secretary, assumed charge as foreign secretary today.

A permanent resident of Syanja district, Paudyal had joined foreign service in 1992 as a section officer. He holds Master’s Degree in International Development from International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, the Netherlands; Master’s degree in Public Administration, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal and Post Graduate Degree in Diplomatic Studies, University of Oxford, UK.

He had served as Nepal’s Ambassador to Pakistan from May 2012 to May 2016.

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