Sushila Karki on Friday took the oath as Nepal’s interim Prime Minister after K.P Sharma Oli resigned from the position following deadly anti-corruption protests in Nepal.
Sushila Karki on Friday took the oath as Nepal’s interim Prime Minister after K.P Sharma Oli resigned from the position following deadly anti-corruption protests in Nepal. With such an appointment, Karki has become the first woman to lead the nation.
Sushila Karki who is 73 was born on June 7, 1952 in Biratnagar, Morang District. She is Nepal’s former Supreme Court Chief Justice.
As per the reports, Sushila Karki was chosen as the PM after all the major political parties and Gen Z protesters agreed on it. The agreement on this was done between the President and the protest leaders.
Notably, Parliament is expected to be dissolved shortly, and the new government is tasked with conducting general elections within six months.
Who is Nepal’s first Woman Prime Minister Sushila Karki?
Karki was born in a family with close contacts with the Koirala political dynasty from the country’s largest democratic party Nepali Congress,and later married then leader Durga Subedi.
She has mentioned that her husband’s support played a major role in her journey from a lawyer to Nepal’s Chief Justice in 2016. However, she has not been free from controversy, having even faced an impeachment incident during her nearly 11-month tenure as chief justice.
Deadly Protests of Nepal
The protests in Nepal were triggered after the government laid a ban on 26 social media platforms including WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook. The ban was lifted on Monday but by then protests had swelled into a mass movement.
Protesters in anger set fire to parliament and government buildings in the capital Kathmandu on Tuesday, forcing Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to resign.
In the weeks before the ban, a “nepo kid” campaign, casting light on the lavish lifestyles of politicians’ children and allegations of corruption which had taken off on social media. In the protest, more than 50 people were killed in clashes with police.
