KP Sharma Oli sworn in as Nepal PM

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KP Sharma Oli took oath as Nepal PM on 14 July.

An Overview of the News

• The swearing-in ceremony took place at Shital Niwas, the main building of Rashtrapati Bhavan in Kathmandu at 10:45 am IST.

• A group of ministers were also inducted into the Cabinet along with Oli.

• Oli was appointed PM for the third time to lead the new coalition government.

• He will replace Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, who lost the trust vote in the House of Representatives on 12 July.

• Nepal President Ram Chandra Paudel appointed Oli from the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML)-Nepali Congress (NC) alliance as the new PM.

• Oli presented the signatures of 165 members of the House of Representatives - 77 of which were from his party and 88 from the NC.

About Nepal

• The kingdom of Nepal was established by the Shah dynasty.

• It is a landlocked country in South Asia.

• President - Ram Chandra Paudel

• Capital - Kathmandu

• Currency - Nepalese Rupee