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Amid crisis in ruling coalition, Nepal elects third president

Newly-elected President Ram Chandra Paudel waves towards the media after being elected as the third president of Nepal at the Parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal March 9, 2023.

Kathmandu, Nepal Reuters Amid a bitter crisis in its ruling coalition, Nepal on Thursday elected a social democrat as its third president since the Himalayan nation ended a centuries-old monarchy. The election of Ram Chandra Paudel, 78, comes after a split in the communist-dominated ruling coalition headed by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, a former […]