Why only a man?  Why can't it be a woman or a eunach or even an animal??  For me the living being of the year (who is sadly no more) is the one who brought about the most international recognition for every Nepali worldwide: A martry who was sacrificed to fix a Nepal Airlines plane's technical snag, the one and only Goat (later served as mutton sekuwa and consumed by the Airline passengers en route to HongKong).  LOLz