Cooma-Monaro Shire is a local government area located in the Monaro region of southern New South Wales, Australia. The area is named after the former Cooma Municipality and the former Monaro Shire, that were amalgamated to create it. On 11 February 2004, the Shire absorbed a small part of the former Yarrowlumla Shire, near Michelago.The Mayor of the Cooma-Monaro Shire Council is Dean Lynch, an independent politician.