Prime Minister Sushila Karki, the 73-year-old former chief justice, has been tasked with addressing protesters’ demands for a corruption-free future ahead of elections in March.
Om Prakash Aryal, an advocate known for his cases tackling corruption, governance and human rights, takes the critical home minister post, as well as law, justice and parliamentary affairs.
Kulman Ghising, the former director of the Nepal Electricity Authority – who is widely credited with ending the country’s long-standing load-shedding problem – has the energy, infrastructure, transport and urban development portfolios.
Rameshwor Khanal, a former finance secretary and a respected economist, was handed the key finance post, a challenging task to tackle the unemployment woes that drove the uprising.
A fifth of people in Nepal aged 15 to 24 are unemployed, according to the World Bank, with gross domestic product per capita standing at just US$1,447.
Source: CNA
