Prakash Chandra lohani

Dr. Prakash Chandra Lohani is a Nepalese politician, economist, and co-president of Rastriya Janasakti Party (RJP).

He has served as the Minister of FinanceFinance Minister, Foreign Affairs Foreign Minister, Agriculture, Labor and Transport and Housing and Physical Planning in governments formed during the Panchayat era and in governments formed after the restoration of multi-party democracy.

Dr. Lohani was appointed Minister of Finance of Nepal in 1987. During his tenure as the Finance Minister, for the first time in Nepal, he initiated financial liberalization process and enacted policies that would lead to privatization of public enterprises . He also launched new initiatives in urban planning and development when he held the Housing and Physical Planning ministerial portfolio.

Dr. Lohani has a keen interest in finance and economics. He has shared his ideas and views in numerous national and international seminars; events organized by the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in Washington DC Woodrow, chaired the 41st session of the ESCAP in Bangkok and chaired the Nepal Aid Group meeting in 2004.

He was a Fulbright scholarFull Bright and also served as an assistant professor of finance at the California State University, Northridge, California, USA (1968-1969). Dr. Lohani has a MBA degree from Indiana University and Phd from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).
 
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