Deuba sworn in as Nepal PM, forms small Cabinet

TIL Desk/World/Kathmandu/ Sher Bahadur Deuba was sworn in as the 40th Prime Minister of Nepal on Wednesday. President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered the oaths of office and secrecy to the newly-elected Prime Minister at a ceremony in the capital.

After taking the oaths, Deuba — who is also Nepali Congress President — administered oaths to seven new ministers — three from the Nepali Congress (NC), three from CPN (Maoist Centre) and one from the Nepal Loktantrik Forum.

Deuba returned to power for the fourth time on Tuesday — 12 years after he was removed by then King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev — with 388 votes in his favour out of 593 voters in Parliament. As many as 558 lawmakers cast votes during the prime ministerial election, with Deuba being the lone candidate.