Sher Bahadur Deuba: Veteran politician appointed Nepal’s PM

Sher Bahadur Deuba, who leads the Nepali Congress party, appointed prime minister after top court reinstated parliament.

Veteran Nepali politician Sher Bahadur Deuba has been appointed the South Asian nation’s prime minister for the fifth time, a day after the Supreme Court reinstated the parliament dissolved by caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in May. President Bidya Devi Bhandari’s office said Deuba, who leads the Nepali Congress party, was appointed the new prime minister on Tuesday a day after the top court ordered that Oli be replaced by Deuba. It also ordered the reinstatement of the House of Representatives, which was dissolved by Oli in May, and said the lawmakers must meet within seven days. Deuba, will have to prove in a vote that he has the support of more than half of the House members to continue in office.