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Balendra Shah, rapper-turned-politician and structural engineer, and the youngest Prime Minister of Nepal, takes the oath of office during a ceremony in Kathmandu on March 27, 2026. Shah, a former Mayor of Kathmandu, 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.