Articles tagged with "Prime minister"

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FILE: Former Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah (C) is sworn in as Nepal's youngest prime minister after his party won a landslide victory in the first parliamentary election since massive protests last year that ousted the government and led to an interim adm

Nepal PM marks 100 days with fast change and few words

Observers say that his first move set the tone for the government's subsequent actions -- fast and symbolically loaded but also often legally contested and executed with little patience for institutional processes.

July 5, 2026

Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama

Former Japanese Prime Minister Murayama, famous for WW2 apology, dies at 101

Tomiichi Murayama led Japan’s coalition government in the mid-1990s and was known for confronting controversial issues, including disaster responses and criticizing revisionist views on Japan’s wartime history.

October 17, 2025