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Prakash Pant | |
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| Finance Minister of Uttarakhand | |
| In office 18 March 2017 –5 June 2019 | |
| Chief Minister | Trivendra Singh Rawat |
| Preceded by | Indira Hridayesh |
| Succeeded by | Trivendra Singh Rawat |
| Minister of Tourism,Drinking Water,Election,Culture,Pilgrimage &Environment | |
| In office 7 March 2007 –12 March 2012 | |
| Chief Minister | B.C. Khanduri Ramesh Pokhriyal B.C. Khanduri |
| 1'st Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2000–2002 | |
| Preceded by | Office estabilished |
| Succeeded by | Yashpal Arya |
| MLA of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2002–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Krishna Chandra Punetha |
| Succeeded by | Mayukh Mahar |
| Constituency | Pithoragarh |
| In office 2017–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Mayukh Mahar |
| Succeeded by | Chandra Pant |
| Constituency | Pithoragarh |
| Member of Legislative Council | |
| In office 1998–2002 | |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Kumaon Local Authorities |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 November 1960 Pithoragarh,Uttarakhand,India |
| Died | 5 June 2019 (aged 58) Houston,Texas,U.S. [1] |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Chandra Pant |
Prakash Pant (11 November 1960 - 5 June 2019) was a Bharatiya Janata Party leader and member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in India who served as the first speaker of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He was elected from Pithoragarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the 2002 to 2007 but in 2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election,he lost to Mayukh Mahar of Indian National Congress. He was the first speaker of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. [2] [3] He was also a minister in Government of Uttarakhand with portfolios of Finance,Tourism,Culture,Pilgrimage Endowment,parliamentary Affairs &Reorganization. [4] [5]
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He died of cancer in Texas on 5 June 2019.