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Anadolu Agency (27 March 2026)

Bhadra Sharma

Former Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah was sworn in as Nepal’s youngest prime minister on Friday after his party won a landslide victory in the first parliamentary election since massive protests last year that ousted the government and led to an interim administration.

Nepalese President Ramchandra Paudel administered the oath to Shah, popularly known as Balen, who wore traditional Nepali attire -- daura suruwal and topi.

Shah, 35, leads the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), which secured 182 of 275 seats in parliament, defeating established political parties.

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