| Shankar Pokhrel | |
| Native Name: | शंकर पोख्रेल |
| Office: | 1st Chief Minister of Lumbini Province |
| Term Start: | 15 February 2018 |
| Term End: | 11 August 2021 |
| Governor: | |
| Successor: | Kul Prasad KC |
| Office2: | Minister of Information and Communications (Nepal) |
| Termstart2: | 25 May 2009 |
| Termend2: | 6 February 2011 |
| Primeminister2: | Madhav Kumar Nepal |
| President2: | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Office6: | Provincial Assembly Member of Lumbini Province |
| Term Start6: | 2017 |
| Constituency6: | Dang Provincial Assembly 2(A) |
| Party: | Communist party of nepal (CPN)- Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) |
| Spouse: | Sujita Shakya |
| Birth Date: | 27 February 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Tulsipur, Dang |
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| Nationality: | Nepalese |
Shankar Pokhrel (Nepali: शंकर पोखरेल) (born 1964) is the former Chief Minister of Lumbini Province.[1] He was elected as the central secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) from 1998 to 2008.[2]