Gopal Hamal

{{Short description|Nepalese politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Mayor

| name = Gopal Hamal

| office = Mayor of Dhangadhi

| deputy = Kandakala Kumari Rana

| party = Independent

| termstart = 22 May 2022

| occupation = {{Hlist|Politician|social activist|businessman}}

| native_name = गोपाल हमाल

| native_name_lang = ne

| nationality = Nepali

| image = Gopal Hamal.png

| caption = Hamal in 2022

| predecessor = Nrip Bahadur Wad

}}

Gopal Hamal ({{langx|ne|गोपाल हमाल}}), also known as Gopi Hamal is a Nepalese politician, social worker, and current mayor of Dhangadhi sub metropolitan city.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-13 |title=Leading by Example: A Mayor's Mission to Transform Dhangadhi |url=https://www.undp.org/nepal/news/leading-example-mayors-mission-transform-dhangadhi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728000952/https://www.undp.org/nepal/news/leading-example-mayors-mission-transform-dhangadhi |archive-date=2023-07-28 |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=United Nations Development Programme |language=en}} He announced his candidacy as an independent candidate and won the 2022 election with more than 51 percent of the vote.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-25 |title=Gopal Hamal: A trader-turned-social worker is now the mayor of Dhangadhi |url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/gopal-hamal-dhangadhi-mayor.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402095245/https://english.onlinekhabar.com/gopal-hamal-dhangadhi-mayor.html |archive-date=2023-04-02 |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Online Khabar |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2022-05-22 |title=Independent candidate Gopal Hamal wins in Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City |url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2022/05/22/independent-candidate-gopal-hamal-wins-in-dhangadhi-sub-metropolitan-city |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128163959/https://kathmandupost.com/national/2022/05/22/independent-candidate-gopal-hamal-wins-in-dhangadhi-sub-metropolitan-city |archive-date=2023-01-28 |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=The Kathmandu Post |language=English}} He has been mayor since May 2022.{{Cite web |last=बुढा |first=सविता |date=2023-04-18 |title=मेयर हमालको एक वर्षे रिपोर्ट कार्ड |url=https://www.setopati.com/politics/299863/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418133041/https://www.setopati.com/politics/299863/ |archive-date=2023-04-18 |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Setopati |language=ne}} Prior to this he also contested in 2017 Dhangadhi municipal election, but lost by around 2,700 votes.{{Cite news |last=राउत |first=स्वेच्छा |date=2022-09-07 |title=स्वतन्त्र जितेर चर्चित बनेका धनगढीका मेयर गोपाल हमालसँग एक भेट |language=ne |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/nepali/news-62767425 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720180546/https://www.bbc.com/nepali/news-62767425 |archive-date=2023-07-20}}