Prakash Pant

Prakash Pant
Finance Minister of Uttarakhand
In office
18 March 2017 – 5 June 2019
Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
In office
2000–2002
MLA of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
In office
2002–2012
Preceded byChandra Pant
ConstituencyPithoragarh
In office
2017–2019
ConstituencyPithoragarh
Personal details
Born(1960-11-11)11 November 1960
Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India
Died5 June 2019(2019-06-05) (aged 58)
Houston, Texas, U.S.[1]
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseChandra Pant

Prakash Pant was a Bharatiya Janata Party leader and member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in India. 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 Tourism, Culture, Pilgrimage Endowment, parliamentary Affairs & Reorganization.[4][5]

He died of cancer in Texas on 5 June 2019.

  1. ^ Jun 6, TNN | Updated. "State finance minister Prakash Pant dies in US | Dehradun News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 June 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  3. ^ My Neta
  4. ^ Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
  5. ^ Former Uttarakhand minister Prakash Pant demands hospital in Pithoragarh