♦ Nepal’s former Chief Justice, Sushila Karki took oath as the country’s interim Prime Minister on 12 September 2025, making history as the first woman to hold the nation’s top executive post.

♦ The oath of office was administered by President Ramchandra Paudel at Sheetal Niwas, the presidential residence in Kathmandu. 

♦ Karki’s appointment follows the resignation of former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who stepped down earlier this week after mounting pressure from a nationwide movement led by Gen Z activists. 

♦ Sushila was born on 7 June 1952 in Biratnagar, Karki.

♦ She earned a master’s degree from Banaras Hindu University, India, and a Bachelor of Laws from Tribhuvan University in 1978.

♦ She began practising law in 1979, eventually serving as president of the Koshi Zonal Bar Association and the Biratnagar Appellate Bar before being appointed a Supreme Court justice in 2009.

♦ In July 2016, she became Nepal’s first female Chief Justice and served until June 2017.