Mayor of Hetauda

Mayor of Hetauda
हेटौडा उपमहानगरपालिका नगर प्रमुख
Incumbent Mina Kumari Lama since 23 May 2022
Type	Executive Head
Seat	Office of Municipal Executive, Hetauda
Appointer	Electorate of Hetauda
Term length	Five years, renewable once
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Nepal
Inaugural holder	Basudev Rizal
Formation	1969
Deputy	Deputy Mayor of Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City
Salary	रु. 40,200
Website	www.hetaudamun.gov.np

The Mayor of Hetauda is the head of the municipal executive of Hetauda. The role was created in 1969. ^[1]

The mayor as of 2022 is Mina Kumari Lama. ^[2] The position has been held by five people.

The city is governed by the Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City Council and the mayor is supported by the municipal executive which consists of the deputy mayor and ward chairs of Hetauda's 19 wards. ^[3]

Responsibilities

The mayor is elected for a five-year term that is renewable only once. The municipal executive is formed under the chairmanship of the mayor. The local government in Nepal has authority over the local units pursuant to Schedule 8 of the Constitution of Nepal. ^[4] The mayor derives its power from the Local Government Operation Act, 2017. ^[5]

The mayor's powers are:

• Summon and chair meetings of the municipal assembly and the municipal executive
• Table agendas and proposals to the assembly and executive
• Prepare and present the annual programmes and budget
• Enforce the decisions of the assembly and executive
• Oversee the work of committees and sub-committees of the municipality and ward committees.

The mayor of Hetauda s also a member of the Makwanpur District Assembly. ^{[6] [7]}

Election

The mayor is elected though first-past-the-post voting. In order to qualify as a candidate for mayor, the person must be a citizen of Nepal, must be over twenty-one, must be registered in the electoral roll of Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City and not be disqualified by law. ^[8]

List of mayors

Panchayat era (1960–1990)

#	Pradhan Pancha	Term of office		Deputy
1	Basudev Rijal	1969	1973
2	Omnath Parajuli	1973	1975	Hari Bahadur Mahat	3	Ram Bahadur Khadka
4	Nir Shankar Shrestha

Constitutional monarchy (1990-2008)

#	Mayor	Term of office		Deputy
5	Dormani Poudel	1992	2005	Hari Bahadur Mahat	6	Madhukar Prasad Adhikari

Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (2017-present)

#	Mayor	Term of office		Political party		Deputy
4	Hari Bahadur Mahat	May 24, 2017	May 19, 2022		CPN(UML)		Mina Kumari Lama
5	Mina Kumari Lama	May 23, 2022	Present		CPN (US)		Rajesh Baniya

See also

• Mayor of Kathmandu
• Mayor of Pokhara
• Mayor of Dharan

References

1. "नेपालमा स्थानीय निर्वाचन !". Nepal Khoj. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
2. "Woman mayor in Hetauda sub-metropolis". himalayantimes. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
3. Article 216, Clause 2, Constitution of Nepal (in Nepali), September 20, 2015
4. Article Schedule 8, Constitution of Nepal, September 20, 2015
5. स्थानीय सरकार सञ्चालन ऐन, २०७४ [Local Government Operation Act, 2017](PDF) (26, 16.4.A) (in Nepali). Legislature Parliament of Nepal. 15 October 2017. p. 38–39.
6. Article 220, Clause 2, Section 17, Constitution of Nepal, 2015
7. पोखरा विश्वविद्यालय ऐन, २०५३ [Pokhara University Act, 1996](PDF) (33, 7.2.i) (in Nepali). House of Representatives. 16 February 1997. p. 4.
8. Article 216, Section 5, Constitution of Nepal, September 20, 2015