Ques: Who was recently elected as Prime Minister of Nepal?
(a) Girija Prasad Koirala
(b) Sushil Koirala
(c) Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
(d) Ram Naresh Yadav
Ans: c
Related facts:
- October 11, 2015 CPN-UML leader ‘Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli’ was elected new prime minister of Nepal, after the implementation of the new constitution in Nepal.
- He is 38th Prime Minister of Nepal and the first after the constitution.
- He received 338 votes from the 597-member chamber, defeating his predecessor, Sushil Koirala, who received 249 votes.
- He has earlier served as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister in the Girija Prasad Koirala-led interim government formed immediately after the 2006 ‘People’s Movement’.
- October 12, 2015, he was sworn in as Prime Minister.
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