Mayor of Kathmandu

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Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City
काठमाडौँ महानगरपालिकाका नगर प्रमुख
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Flag of Kathmandu
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Incumbent
Balendra Shah
since May 30, 2022
TypeExecutive Head
Seat Office of Municipal Executive, Kathmandu
AppointerElectorate of Kathmandu
Term length Five years, renewable once
Constituting instrument Constitution of Nepal
Inaugural holderSingha Shamsher
Formation1932
Unofficial namesकाठमेयर (Kath-mayor)
DeputyDeputy Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City
Salaryरु 46,000 [1]
Website kathmandu.gov.np

The mayor of Kathmandu is the head of the municipal executive of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. The officeholder is elected for a five-year term and limited to serving no more than two terms. The role was first created in 1932 during the Rana regime. [2]

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The current mayor is Balendra Shah, who was elected in the 2022 election and took office on 30 May 2022. [3] The position has been held by fifteen people in a permanent capacity since its creation.

The city of Kathmandu is scrutinized by the Kathmandu Metropolitan City Municipal Assembly and the mayor is supported by the Municipal Executive which consists of ward chairs of all 32 wards of Kathmandu. [4]

History

Kathmandu was first declared as a municipality in 1932 after the formulation of the Kathmandu Municipality Sabal act. It was founded as a waste management department and Singh Shamsher was appointed as the first 'Mayor Man' of Kathmandu municipality in the same year by the government of Chandra Shumsher. [2]

In 1947, the first municipal elections were held in Kathmandu. Gehendra Shumsher Thapa was appointed as the chairman of Kathmandu by the Rana regime and Shankar Dev Pant was elected as his deputy from the common people. [5] [2]

In the first democratic elections since the fall of the Rana regime in 1953, Janak Man Shrestha was elected as mayor of Kathmandu by the council in an indirect election and became the city's first elected mayor. After King Mahendra's coup d'teat in 1960, the position of mayor was abolished and the Pradhan Panch (Council Head) would be the elected head of Kathmandu municipality. [6]

Kathmandu municipality was declared as a metropolitan city by mayor Prem Lal Singh in 1995 and Keshav Sthapit was elected as the first mayor of the metropolitan city in 1997. [6]

Power and functions

Local government in Nepal has authority over the local units pursuant to Schedule 8 of the Constitution of Nepal. [7] The mayor derives its power from the Local Government Operation Act, 2017. [8]

The main functions of the mayor are:

The mayor of Kathmandu is also a member of the Kathmandu District Assembly, and an ex-officio member of the Pashupati Area Development Trust, the Boudhanath Area Development Committee, the senate of the National Academy of Medical Sciences and the chairman of the Valley Municipal Forum. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

List of mayors

Rana regime (1932–51)

#MayorTerm of office
1 Singha Shumsher [2] 1932Unknown
2 Gehendra Shumsher Thapa [2] 19471953

Transition period (1953–60)

#MayorTerm of officePolitical party
3Janak Man Shrestha [14] 19531954 [15] Communist Party of Nepal [16]
4Prayagraj Singh Suwal [14] 19571960 Nepali Congress

Panchayat era (1966–90)

#Pradhan PanchaTerm of office
5 Ganesh Man Shrestha [14] 19661971
6Rajendra Man Suwal [2] 19711976
7Basudev Dhungana [14] 19761981
8Prem Bahadur Shakya [14] 19811983
9Kamal Chitrakar [14] 19831987
10Haribol Bhattarai [14] 19881992

Constitutional monarchy era (1990–2008)

#MayorTerm of officePolitical party
11 Prem Lal Singh [2] 19921997 Nepali Congress [17]
12 Keshav Sthapit [2] 19972006 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
13Rajaram Shrestha [18] 2006 [18] 2007 Rastriya Prajatantra Party

Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (2017–present)

#PortraitNameTerm of officeElectedPolitical party
14
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Bidhya Sundar Shakya May 31, 2017 [19] May 19, 2022 [20] 2017 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
15
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Balendra Shah May 30, 2022Present 2022 Independent

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