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6 days agoNepal: Ex-rapper Balendra Shah sworn in as prime minister
Balendra Shah became Nepal's youngest prime minister, promising job creation and political stability after winning the elections.
The Rastriya Swatantra Party of Balendra Shah, a 35-year-old former civil engineer and hip-hop artist known simply as Balen, secured 182 seats in the 275-member lower house of parliament, the Election Commission said on Thursday, with 125 won directly and a further 57 through proportional representation.