In 2008, Nepal declared itself a federal democratic republic. The 2015 Constitution formalised it. But who would have thought, on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the Constitution, the Himalayan nation of 30 million people would be picking its Prime Minister at the Army Headquarters?
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After Nepal’s youth-led protests against misrule and corruption led to the fall of the K.P. Sharma Oli government last week, the Army stepped in to maintain law and order, with Army chief Gen. Ashok Sigdel appointed as the chief negotiator. When youth campaigners, largely dubbed as Gen Z, proposed the name of Sushila Karki, Gen. Sigdel facilitated the process to appoint her as the head of the new government. She was administered the oath of office by President Ram Chandra Poudel on Friday at a brief ceremony. Ms. Karki, the first woman Chief Justice of Nepal, is now the country’s first woman Prime Minister.
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Born on June 7, 1952, in Biratnagar, some 380 km southeast of Kathmandu, she holds a Master’s degree in political science from Banaras Hindu University, and a law degree from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu.
