Nepal’s first woman Supreme Court chief justice Sushila Karki — now the country’s new prime minister — is known for her insistence on integrity and the need for an independent judiciary.

Karki, who took the oath of office late Friday from President Ram Chandra Paudel, will lead the political transition in the Himalayan nation after deadly anti-corruption protests.

The 73-year-old emerged as the leading candidate of many representatives of “Gen Z” — the loose umbrella title of the protest movement — who selected her via online platform Discord.

She told Nepali media that the Gen Z protesters had told her that “they believe in me” to lead for “a short time for the purpose of doing elections”.

“She is a credible choice to lead the interim government,” Anil Kumar Sinha, a former justice of

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