What is List of mayors of Pokhara?
{{Infobox Political post|post=Mayor|body=Pokhara Metropolitan City|native_name=पोखरा महानगरपालिका नगर प्रमुख|incumbent=[[Dhana Raj Acharya]]|incumbentsince=27 May 2022|type=[[Head|Executive Head]]|seat=Office of Municipal Executive, [[Pokhara]]|appointer=Electoral of [[Pokhara]]|termlength=Five years, renewable once|constituting_instrument=[[Constitution of Nepal]]|inaugural=Shiva Bahadur Thapa|formation=1959|deputy=Deputy Mayor of Pokhara Metropolitan City|salary=रु. 43,000|website={{url|www.pokharamum.gov.np}}}} The '''mayor of Pokhara''' is the head of the Municipal executive of [[Pokhara|Pokhara Metropolitan City]]. The role was first created in 1959.<ref>{{Cite web|title=नेपालमा स्थानीय निर्वाचन !|url=https://www.nepalkhoj.com/2022/05/14/183707/|access-date=2022-08-24|website=Nepal Khoj}}</ref> The current mayor is [[Dhana Raj Acharya]]. He was elected in the [[2022 Pokhara municipal election|2022 election]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dhanraj Acharya elected mayor of Pokhara|url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2022/05/25/dhanraj-acharya-elected-mayor-of-pokhara|access-date=2022-08-24|website=kathmandupost.com|language=English}}</ref>The position has been held by sixteen people since its creation.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-05-11|title=पोखराको १५औँ मेयर को ? (यस्तो छ इतिहास)|url=https://nagarikkhabar.com/2022/05/267488/|access-date=2022-08-24|website=Nagarik Khabar|language=en|archive-date=2022-11-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114070940/https://nagarikkhabar.com/2022/05/267488/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Weigand|first=Maximilian|date=2016-11-16|title=New PDF file online|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-2016-154-ac1|doi=10.5194/bg-2016-154-ac1}}</ref> ==Local government== The city of [[Pokhara]] is governed by the Pokhara Metropolitan City Council. The mayor is supported by the municipal executive which has the deputy mayor and ward chairs of all 33 wards of Pokhara.<ref>{{Citation|title=Constitution of Nepal|date=2022-08-15|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=C