Keshav Sthapit
Keshav Sthapit (b. 1956) is a Nepali politician. He is a former mayor of the Kathmandu metropolitan area. He was a former member of the provincial Assembly and a minister in Bagmati Pradesh. In 1997, Keshav Sthapit won the election for mayor of Kathmandu. He was chosen by the King to serve as Mayor of Kathmandu after the royal takeover in 2005. He joined the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) once democracy was restored and was appointed as a Commissioner of the Kathmandu Valley Development Authority, but he was fired from his position after just nine months.