00:00Belendra Shah, Nepal's youngest prime minister, took the oath of office on Friday after his
00:07party won a landslide victory in elections earlier this month.
00:11In September, a youth-led uprising toppled the government.
00:16The 35-year-old rapper-turned-politician was appointed prime minister by President Ram
00:23Chandra Padale on Friday after his Rashtriya Swatantra party won nearly two-thirds of the
00:29seats in the House of Representatives.
00:32Shah will lead a government tasked with navigating deep public frustration with Nepal's established
00:38parties who were widely blamed by voters for corruption and chronic political instability.
00:45The structural engineer, widely known as Balin, rose to fame as a rap artist before becoming
00:51Kathmandu's mayor.
00:54Shah emerged as a prominent voice during the bloody youth-led uprising in September,
01:00although he did not directly participate in them.
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