Hisila Yami

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Hisila Yami alias Parvati, is a Nepalese politician and architect. She is a politburo member of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and president of the All Nepal Womens Association (Revolutionary). Yami is married to fellow Maoist leader Dr. Baburam Bhattarai.

Yami graduated from the School of Planning and Architecture in Delhi, India, in 1982.

During the 1990 uprising against the panchayat regime, Yami was one of the most high-profile women leaders in the protests.

After going underground, she made her first public appearance on June 18, 2003, during the then ongoing peace negotiations between the government and the Maoists.[1]

In early 2005 she was, along with Bhattarai and Dina Nath Sharma, demoted by the party leader leadership. In July she was reinstated into the politburo.

Her sister, Timila Yami, is CEO of Design Co. Pvt. Ltd.