Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah ​was sworn in as Nepal’s prime minister on Friday, Kathmandu Post reported.

President Ramchandra Paudel administered the oath of office at an event at his office in Kathmandu.

This marks the first time a leader from the Madhesi community has become prime minister. Shah is also the youngest person to hold the post in decades, Reuters reported.

The former Kathmandu mayor became prime minister after his Rastriya Swatantra Party won 182 out of 275 seats in the March ​5 election, which was the first vote after widespread protests in September toppled the KP Oli government.

Following Shah’s swearing-in, Paudel also administered the oath of office to 14 other ministers, Kathmandu Post reported.

Shah, better known as Balen, was sworn in a day after he released his first public statement since winning the elections, via a rap song called Jay Mahakaali.

“The strength of unity is my national power,” he sang in the song.

The crisis that led to Oli’s ouster had begun following protests sparked by Nepal’s ban on 26 social media platforms on September 4.

Although the Oli government lifted the social media ban on September 8, the agitation snowballed into a broader protest against alleged corruption and misgovernance. A day later, Oli resigned from his post.

At least 72 persons were killed in the protests.

The demonstrations were described as a protest mainly by “Gen Z”, generally referring to persons born between the late 1990s and 2010.

On September 12, Sushila Karki, a former chief justice, was appointed interim prime minister until a new government was formed.

Karki on Thursday stepped down from her role as the interim prime minister in a televised broadcast, AFP reported.

“I am confident that the new government to be formed under the leadership of the youth will work towards ending corruption in the country, establishing good governance, creating jobs within the country, economic development and social justice,” she said.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated Shah on being sworn in, saying he looked forward to working closely “to take India-Nepal friendship and cooperation to even greater heights for the mutual benefit of our two peoples”.