Nepal’s 'fierce' ex-guerrilla chief has become the new prime minister.
A former Maoist guerrilla who led a decade-long insurgency against Nepal’s Hindu monarchy was appointed prime minister on Sunday for a third time, in alliance with the main opposition after last month’s election returned a hung parliament.
The new coalition comes to power hours after Prachanda, 68, surprisingly walked out of the ruling alliance led by Deuba of the Nepali Congress party. Deuba refused to back Prachanda for the prime minister’s job. Deuba and Prachanda had both campaigned in the November election pledging to keep the old alliance intact for several years. Prachanda’s Maoist Centre party won 32 seats in the 275-member House of Representatives.
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