Prakash 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. He was also a minister in Government of Uttarakhand with portfolios of Tourism, Culture, Pilgrimage Endowment, parliamentary Affairs & Reorganization.
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 2002–2007 | |
| Preceded by | Chandra Pant |
| Constituency | Pithoragarh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 November 1960 Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India |
| Died | 5 June 2019 (aged 58) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Chandra Pant |
He died of cancer in Texas on 5 June 2019.
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