| Krishna Bahadur Mahara | |
| Native Name: | कृष्ण बहादुर महरा |
| Office1: | Speaker of the Pratinidhi Sabha |
| Deputy1: | Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe |
| Term Start1: | 10 March 2018 |
| Term End1: | 1 October 2019 |
| Predecessor1: | Onsari Gharti Magar (as Speaker of Constituent Assembly of Nepal) |
| President1: | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Successor1: | Agni Sapkota |
| Office2: | Ministry of Home Affairs (Nepal) |
| Successor2: | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar |
| Predecessor2: | Bhim Bahadur Rawal |
| Primeminister2: | Girija Prasad Koirala |
| President2: | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Term Start2: | 1 April 2007 [1] |
| Term End2: | 17 September 2007 |
| Office3: | Minister of Information and Communications |
| Predecessor3: | Dilendra Prasad Badu |
| Successor3: | Girija Prasad Koirala |
| Office4: | Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha |
| Term Start4: | 4 March 2018 |
| Term End4: | 18 September 2022 |
| Constituency4: | Dang 2 |
| Predecessor4: | Sushila Chaudhary |
| Successor4: | Rekha Sharma |
| Term Start5: | May 1991 |
| Term End5: | August 1994 |
| Constituency5: | Rolpa 2 |
| Predecessor5: | Constituency created |
| Successor5: | Surendra Hamal |
| Office6: | Member of Constituent Assembly |
| Term Start6: | 21 January 2014 |
| Term End6: | 14 October 2017 |
| Predecessor6: | Jaypuri Gharti |
| Successor6: | Barsaman Pun |
| Constituency6: | Rolpa 1 |
| Term Start7: | 28 May 2008 |
| Term End7: | 28 May 2012 |
| Predecessor7: | Krishna Kishor Ghimire |
| Successor7: | Raju Khanal |
| Constituency7: | Dang 3 |
| Party: | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Office8: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Term8: | 2017 |
| Predecessor8: | Prakash Sharan Mahat |
| Successor8: | Sher Bahadur Deuba as Prime Minister |
| Otherparty: | CPN (Unity Centre) Nepal Communist Party |
| Birth Date: | 29 June 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Liwang Rolpa District Nepal |
| Father: | Ravichan Mahara |
| Mother: | Samundra Devi Mahara |
| Spouse: | Sita Mahara |
| Children: | 4 |
Krishna Bahadur Mahara is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Nepal Communist Party (NCP). He was a prominent Maoist leader during the civil war. After the maoists entered the peace process, he was elected to parliament/constituent-assembly multiple times, and also became cabinet minister. Following his election to the house of representatives in the 2017 legislative election, he was elected House Speaker but resigned in October 2019 after allegations of attempted rape were made by a parliamentary staffer. He was acquitted in February 2020.[2]
In the April 2008 Constituent Assembly election he was elected from the Dang-3 constituency, winning 20784 votes. He was subsequently appointed as Minister of Information and Communication in the Cabinet headed by CPN (M) Chairman Prachanda and sworn in on 22 August 2008.[3]
In September 2019, an employee of the parliament secretariat came forward alleging attempted rape by a drunk Mahara at her apartment on the night of 29 September.[4] Mahara resigned as Speaker on 1 October at the behest of his party,[5] and was subsequently arrested.[6]
Krishna Bahadur Mahara has been arrested and brought to Kathmandu for investigation into his alleged involvement in a major gold smuggling case.[7]