Mahendra Bahadur Shahi (Nepali: महेन्द्र बहादुर शाही) is a Nepalese politician and former Chief Minister[1][2] of Karnali, a province in western Nepal. He was member of 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly[3] and as Minister of Energy, Nepal.[4] He was unanimously selected as the Parliamentary Party leader of the CPN (MC) for Karnali on 14 February 2018.[5]
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.[6][7]