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35-Year-Old Former Rapper Balendra Shah Set to Become Nepal’s Next Prime Minister

HeadlineMar 09, 2026

In Nepal, 35-year-old former rapper Balendra Shah is set to become the country’s next prime minister after his party secured a landslide victory in parliamentary elections. It’s the first election since youth protesters toppled the former government. Shah is the former mayor of Kathmandu. He was a leader of the Gen Z-led protest movement, which was sparked by a ban on social media and driven by a lack of economic opportunities.

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