Nepal gets new Communist Prime Minister: K P Sharma Oli sworn in for second time |ForumIAS

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Context:

CPN-UML Chairman K.P. Sharma Oli has sworn in as the 41st Prime Minister of Nepal

Details:

K.P. Sharma Oli has been appointed as the Prime Minister for the second time
He was the Prime Minister from October 11, 2015 to August 4, 2016.
He had to step down from the prime-ministerial post after the CPN (Maoist Centre) withdrew its support to his government.
Oli has claimed the Prime Minister’s post with the support of the Left alliance which had garnered a majority victory in the elections held in two phases on November 26 and December 7.
Maoist Centre and UML are set to merge soon