Janardan Sharma

Janardan Sharma Prabhakar
जनार्दन शर्मा प्रभाकर
Finance Minister of Nepal
In office
13 July 2022 – 26 December 2022
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Succeeded byBishnu Poudel
Minister for Home Affairs
In office
7 June 2017 – 17 October 2017
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded byBimalendra Nidhi
Succeeded bySher Bahadur Deuba
Minister for Energy
In office
14 August 2016 – 31 May 2017
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Succeeded byMahendra Bahadur Shahi
Minister for Peace and Reconstruction
In office
31 August 2008 – May 2009
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Member of Parliament, Pranitidhi Sabha
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Preceded byConstituency established
ConstituencyWestern Rukum 1
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
28 May 2008 – 14 October 2017
Preceded byTirtha Gautam
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyRukum 2
Personal details
Born (1963-04-25) April 25, 1963 (age 61)
Rukum, Nepal[citation needed]
Political partyCPN (Maoist Centre) (1995-2018, 2021 - present)
Other political
affiliations
Nepal Communist Party (2018-2021)

Janardan Sharma (Nepali: जनार्दन शर्मा 'प्रभाकर') is a Nepalese politician and former Finance Minister of Nepal.[1] A three-time parliamentarian, Sharma is the single leader to have been elected from same constituency for four consecutive terms within CPN (Maoist Centre).

Sharma has previously served as Minister of Home Affairs, Energy and Peace and Reconstruction of Nepal.[2][3][4] He is well known for his successful tenure of Energy minister when he removed brunt of loadshedding up to 18 hours under his leadership.[5]

  1. ^ "Council of Ministers | Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers".
  2. ^ Ogura, Kiyoko. "Meeting Pasang in Rolpa". Nepalitimes. Kunda Dixit. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Sher Bahadur Deuba sworn in as Prime Minister". thehimalayantimes.com. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  4. ^ "Deuba sworn in as 40th PM, forms Cabinet by inducting 7 ministers - National - The Kathmandu Post". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  5. ^ "Janardan Sharma recounts his mission to end loadshedding in country".