title: Mahendra Bahadur Shahi
text: # Mahendra Bahadur Shahi
  
  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.
  
  