The new prime minister, K.P. Sharma Oli, held the post three times in the past and succeeds Pushpa Kamal Dahal... Mr. Oli, who leads Nepal's largest communist party, forged a deal with the Nepali Congress, the largest party in Parliament, to form a new government with him at the helm.
Under the power-sharing deal, the Nepali Congress and Mr. Oli's party, the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), have agreed to lead the government on a rotating basis until late 2027... The deal makers said the new coalition would ensure stability by amending some electoral provisions.
First elected as prime minister in 2015, he firmly stood against a crippling economic blockade that India, Nepal's southern neighbor, imposed that year over provisions it opposed in the new Constitution.
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