Urmila Aryal

Urmila Aryal
उर्मिला अर्याल
Vice Chairperson of the
National Assembly of Nepal
Assumed office
6 February 2023
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Ram Chandra Poudel
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
ChairmanGanesh Prasad Timilsina
Preceded byShashikala Dahal
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
4 March 2022
Preceded byShashikala Dahal
ConstituencyMadhesh Province
Personal details
NationalityNepali
Political partyCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)

Urmila Aryal (Nepali: उर्मिला अर्याल) is a Nepalese politician. She is a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre).

Aryal came second in the Parsa-4 seat in the 1994 legislative election with 9288 votes, losing to Nepali Congress candidate Ramesh Rijal. In 1999 legislative election she defeated Rijal, winning the seat with 17095 votes.

In May 2006, she was named Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare.

Aryal is currently the number four candidate of CPN(UML) in the proportional representation list for the Constituent Assembly election.

She left CPN-UML to join UCPN-(Maoist) and contested the 2013 Constituent Assembly election from Parsa-5. She lost to Jaya Prakash Tharu of CPN-UML election by coming third with 7340 votes.

She was born in Parsa District, Province No. 2, Nepal.