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Who is Balen Shah, Nepal's rapper and Kathmandu mayor?
short by / on Sunday, 28 December, 2025
Balendra 'Balen' Shah, Kathmandu's mayor, is a rapper, structural engineer and rising politician. He studied civil engineering in Nepal and earned a master's in structural engineering from India's Visvesvaraya Technological University. Winning the mayoral race as an independent, Shah became a Gen Z protest icon, now emerging as Nepal's prime ministerial candidate after his pact with RSP.
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