The leader of Nepal’s largest communist party, Khadga Prasad Oli, has been appointed as the new prime minister of the Himalayan nation. This decision comes after the collapse of the previous coalition government, with Oli set to take his oath of office on Monday as confirmed by a statement from the president’s office.
Oli, a veteran politician and three-time prime minister, will be heading a coalition government comprising his Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) and the Nepali Congress party, the two major political parties in Nepal. The previous government led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal fell apart on Friday when Oli’s party withdrew its support to form a new alliance.
