Current Context : President Ram Chandra Paudel appointed K P Sharma Oli as the new Prime Minister of the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML)-Nepali Congress (NC) coalition.

• K P Sharma Oli, 72, succeeds Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda who lost the vote of confidence in the House of Representatives, leading to the formation of the new government process as per Article 76 (2) of the Constitution.
• K P Sharma Oli served as Nepal’s Prime Minister from October 11, 2015, to August 3, 2016 and then, from February 5, 2018, to July 13, 2021.

ABOUT NEPAL

• Nepal is a land-locked country of Asia.
• It shares territorial borders with India and China.
• It is a place of festivals.
• Area : 147,181 square kilometers.
• Population : 30 million.
• Capital ; Kathmandu
• Currency : Nepalese rupee (NPR)