Bharat Mohan Adhikari
Nepali politician and freedom fighter (1936–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bharat Mohan Adhikari (Nepali: भरतमोहन अधिकारी) (4 May 1936 – 2 March 2019) was a Nepali politician and freedom fighter. He became the Minister of Finance of Nepal in the 1994-95 government of Prime Minister Man Mohan Adhikari.[1] He was the first communist Finance Minister who championed the "Afno Gaun Afai Banau" (Nepali: आफ्नो गाउँ आफै बनाउँ; Develop our own village) campaign.
Quick Facts Minister of Finance, Monarch ...
Bharat Mohan Adhikari | |
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भरतमोहन अधिकारी | |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 30 November 1994 – 12 September 1995 | |
Monarch | Birendra |
Prime Minister | Man Mohan Adhikari |
Preceded by | Mahesh Acharya |
Succeeded by | Ram Saran Mahat |
Minister of Finance | |
In office December 1998 – May 1999 | |
Monarch | Birendra |
Prime Minister | Girija Prasad Koirala |
Preceded by | Ram Saran Mahat |
Succeeded by | Mahesh Acharya |
Minister of Finance, Deputy prime minister (Nepal) | |
In office 2004–2005 | |
Monarch | Gyanendra |
Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
Personal details | |
Born | (1936-05-04)4 May 1936 Mahottari District, Kingdom of Nepal |
Died | 2 March 2019(2019-03-02) (aged 82) HAMS Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal |
Political party | Nepal Communist Party |
Other political affiliations | CPN-UML (until 2018) |
Relatives | Man Mohan Adhikari (brother) BP Koirala(cousin) |
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He also served as the deputy prime minister of Nepal in the Deuba cabinet (2004–05), which was later dissolved by King Gyanendra. Although a central figure of the CPN-UML, he was considered to have held more moderate views. [citation needed]