Mahendra Bahadur Shahi

Mahendra Bahadur Shahi
महेन्द्र बहादुर शाही
1st Chief Minister of Karnali Province
In office
17 February 2018 – 1 November 2021
Governor Durga Keshar Khanal
Govinda Prasad Kalauni
Succeeded by Jeevan Bahadur Shahi
Minister of Energy
In office
26 July 2017 – 17 October 2017
President Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded by Janardhan Sharma
Succeeded by Barsaman Pun
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
TBA
Preceded by Durga Bahadur Rawat
Constituency Kalikot 1
Member of 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
In office
21 January 2014 – 14 October 2018
Preceded by Khadga Bahadur Bishwakarma
Succeeded by Durga Bahadur Rawat
Constituency Kalikot 1
Member of Karnali Provincial Assembly
Assumed office
4 February 2018
Constituency Kalikot 1(B)
Personal details
Born 28 January 1977
Nanikot (now Pachaljharana), Kalikot District, Nepal
Political party CPN (Maoist Centre)
Mahendra Bahadur Shahi महेन्द्रबहादुर शाही
Mahendra Bahadur Shahi महेन्द्रबहादुर शाही

Mahendra Bahadur Shahi (Nepali: महेन्द्र बहादुर शाही) is a Nepalese politician and former Chief Minister of Karnali, a province in western Nepal. He was member of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly and as Minister of Energy, Nepal. He was unanimously selected as the Parliamentary Party leader of the CPN (MC) for Karnali on 14 February 2018.

He was appointed as the chief minister, according to Article 168 (1) of the Constitution of Nepal and took the oath of his office and secrecy as a chief minister on 17 February 2018.

Early life

Mahendra Bahadur Shahi was born in Nanikot (now Pachaljharana) Kalikot, Nepal to Laal Bahadur Shahi and Rankauda Shahi.