K. C. Pant
Krishna Chandra Pant | |
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| Union Minister of Defence | |
| In office 12 April 1987 – 2 December 1989 | |
| Prime Minister | Rajiv Gandhi |
| Preceded by | V. P. Singh |
| Succeeded by | V. P. Singh |
| Union Minister of Education | |
| In office 31 December 1984 – 25 September 1985 | |
| Prime Minister | Rajiv Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Sheila Kaul |
| Succeeded by | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission | |
| In office 5 February 1999 – 17 June 2004 | |
| Chairman | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Jaswant Singh |
| Succeeded by | Montek Singh Ahluwalia |
| Union Minister of State for Home Affairs | |
| In office 27 June 1970 – 9 November 1973 | |
| Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Ram Niwas Mirdha |
| Succeeded by | Om Mehta |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 31 December 1984 – 27 November 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Succeeded by | Lal Krishna Advani |
| Constituency | New Delhi |
| In office 16 April 1962 – 18 January 1977 | |
| Preceded by | Chandra Dutt Pande |
| Succeeded by | Bharat Bhushan |
| Constituency | Nainital |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 August 1931 |
| Died | 15 November 2012 (aged 81) |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Ila Pant |
| Children | 2, including Ranjan Pant |
| Parent | Govind Ballabh Pant |
| Alma mater | University of Lucknow |
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Krishna Chandra Pant (10 August 1931 – 15 November 2012) was a Member of Parliament for 26 years and was the prime minister's interlocutor on Kashmir. He was a cabinet minister in the Government of India and held several constitutional positions over a period of 37 years. Pant had held the positions of Minister for Defence, Minister of state for Home Affairs, Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering, Finance, Atomic Energy and Science and Technology. He was the first chairman of the Advisory Board on Energy, chairman of the 10th Finance Commission and the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission of India, the economic planning body of India; his Vision 2020 document was published as India's Development Scenario, Next Decade and Beyond.