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27 Mar 2026

Balendra Shah shakes hands with Speaker of the National Assembly Narayan Prasad Dahal after taking the oath of office as Prime Minister of Nepal during a ceremony in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 27, 2026. Shah, a rapper-turned-politician and structural engineer, becomes the youngest Prime Minister of Nepal. He was appointed following the March 2026 general elections in which the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) secured a parliamentary majority. This follows months of political unrest in 2025 that led to the resignation of the previous government and the formation of an interim administration.

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27 Mar 2026

Balendra Shah, rapper-turned-politician and structural engineer, and the youngest Prime Minister of Nepal, poses for a family photo with high-level officials in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 27, 2026. The officials include President Ram Chandra Paudel, Vice President Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav, former interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki, Chief Justice Prakash Man Singh Raut, and Speaker of the National Assembly Narayan Prasad Dahal. Shah was appointed following the March 2026 general elections in which the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) won a parliamentary majority after months of political unrest in 2025 that led to the resignation of the previous government and the formation of an interim administration.

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15 Jul 2024

Newly appointed Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli (Left), Ousted Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Center), and House Speaker Dev Raj Ghimire are sitting after the completion of the oath ceremony of newly appointed Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 15, 2024. Oli, chairman of CPN-UML, is being appointed to the post by President Ram Chandra Paudel as per Article 76(2) of Nepal's constitution. Oli is becoming the Prime Minister of Nepal after a change in the coalition on July 2 and Dahal's subsequent failure to pass the trust motion from the parliament. After being sworn in as Prime Minister, Oli is also inducting 21 ministers on board the cabinet, which includes two Deputy Prime Ministers.

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15 Jul 2024

Nepal's newly appointed Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli (Center), ousted Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (L), and House Speaker Devraj Ghimire are attending the swearing-in ceremony in Nepal, on July 15, 2024. Oli, chairman of CPN-UML, is being appointed to the post by President Ram Chandra Paudel as per Article 76(2) of Nepal's constitution. After being sworn in as Prime Minister, Oli is also inducting 21 ministers on board the cabinet, which includes two Deputy Prime Ministers.

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#11410862

15 Jul 2024

Head of Nepal's constitutional bodies, House Speaker Dev Raj Ghimire (first from right), newly appointed Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli (second from right), ousted Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (third from right), President of Nepal Ram Chandra Paudel (center), Vice President Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav (third from left), Chief Justice Bishwombhar Prasad Shrestha (second from left), and Chairman of National Assembly Narayan Prasad Dahal (left corner) are standing in honor of the national anthem ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of newly appointed Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 15, 2024. Oli, chairman of CPN-UML, is being appointed to the post by President Ram Chandra Paudel as per Article 76(2) of Nepal's constitution. After being sworn in as Prime Minister, Oli is also inducting 21 ministers into the cabinet, which includes two Deputy Prime Ministers.

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21 Aug 2020

Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa (center) and newly appointed speaker of the parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardhana arrive at the inaugural session of the new parliament where president delivered his policy speech at Colombo, Sri Lanka. 20 August 2020.

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#5172000

27 Nov 2019

Sri Lanka's former speaker of the parliament and elder brother of the president, Chamal Rajapaksa (R) is appointed as the state minister of Defence as president Gotabaya Rajapaksa hands over official documents while their brother, prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa (L) looks on during the ministerial swearing-in ceremony at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Wednesday, 27 November 2019

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30 Aug 2019

Dmytro Razumkov (C), new speaker of Ukrainian Parliament during a session of the Ukrainian Parliament in Kyiv, Ukraine, 29 August 2019.

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30 Jul 2019

Chief Justice of High Court TBN Radhakrishnan ,Newly appointed West Bengal Governor Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar,West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, State Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee and others During a Swearing-in-ceremony at Governor House on July 30,2019 in Kolkata,India.

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30 Jul 2019

Chief Justice of High Court TBN Radhakrishnan ,Newly appointed West Bengal Governor Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar,West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, State Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee and others During a Swearing-in-ceremony at Governor House on July 30,2019 in Kolkata,India.

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30 Jul 2019

Chief Justice of High Court TBN Radhakrishnan ,Newly appointed West Bengal Governor Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar,West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, State Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee and others During a Swearing-in-ceremony at Governor House on July 30,2019 in Kolkata,India.

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#3611022

4 Jan 2019

A crew from junk removal company 1-800-Got-Junk clears garbage which has been uncollected due to the federal government shutdown, from the Ellipse, a public area south of the White House, January 4, 2019. The shutdown is in its 14th day as newly appointed Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and other Congressional leaders will be meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House.

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#3611024

4 Jan 2019

A crew from junk removal company 1-800-Got-Junk clears garbage which has been uncollected due to the federal government shutdown, from the Ellipse, a public area south of the White House, January 4, 2019. The shutdown is in its 14th day as newly appointed Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and other Congressional leaders will be meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House.

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4 Jan 2019

A crew from junk removal company 1-800-Got-Junk clears garbage which has been uncollected due to the federal government shutdown, from the Ellipse, a public area south of the White House, January 4, 2019. The shutdown is in its 14th day as newly appointed Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and other Congressional leaders will be meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House.

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#3437784

16 Nov 2018

Members of the Parliament supporting the newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa (L) occupy the official seat and the space allocated for the speaker of the parliament as the police officers provide protection for the speaker, Karu Jayasuriya (right) during a special parliamentary session at the Parliamentary complex, Colombo, Sri Lanka on 16 November 2018. The parliament was adjourned till Monday (19 ) following repeated confrontations between the opposition and government supporting MPs. Following a stay order issued by the Sri Lankan Supreme Court effective till 07 December 2018, Sri Lankan Parliament was reconvened on 14. Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on Tuesday (Nov 13) overruled President Maithripala Sirisena's dissolution of Parliament and ordered a halt to preparations for snap elections next year.

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16 Nov 2018

Members of the Parliament supporting the newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa (L) occupy the official seat and the space allocated for the speaker of the parliament during a special parliamentary session at the Parliamentary complex, Colombo, Sri Lanka on 16 November 2018. The parliament was adjourned till Monday (19 ) following repeated confrontations between the opposition and government supporting MPs. Following a stay order issued by the Sri Lankan Supreme Court effective till 07 December 2018, Sri Lankan Parliament was reconvened on 14. Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on Tuesday (Nov 13) overruled President Maithripala Sirisena's dissolution of Parliament and ordered a halt to preparations for snap elections next year.

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