Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat | |
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| प्रकाशशरण महत | |
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| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 31 March 2023 [1] –4 March 2024 | |
| President | Ram Chandra Poudel |
| Prime Minister | Puspha Kamal Dahal |
| Preceded by | Bishnu Prasad Paudel |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Energy,Nepal | |
| In office 4 August 2016 [2] –31 May 2017 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Preceded by | Kamal Thapa |
| Succeeded by | Krishna Bahadur Mahara |
| Member of House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 14 December 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Political party | Nepali Congress |
Prakash Sharan Mahat is the current spokesperson of the Nepali Congress (NC). He has previously served as the Minister of Finance and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal. [3] [4]
Since 2002,Mahat was working as a member of the Central ExecutiveCommittee of the Nepali Congress,major Democratic Party of Nepal till 2021 when he lost election for the post of party general secretary in 14th general convention of Nepali Congress.
He was a Member of Interim Legislative-Parliament from 2006 to 2008. He was a member of the 1st Constituent Assembly and a member of the 2nd Constituent Assembly,as well as,a current member of the House of Representatives,all via the proportional representation list of the NC. [5]
Mahata was Minister for Energy from 2010 to 2011. He was also entrusted with the responsibility to negotiate with different agitating groups as one of the members of Government Dialogue Team from August 2007 to June 2008.
He remains active in the academic field,contributing policy papers,research analyses and newspapers articles particularly on economic development,peace process and contemporary political development.
Mahat is married to Bina Mahat,and they have two children. [6]