Prakash Pant
Prakash Pant | |
|---|---|
| Finance Minister of Uttarakhand | |
| In office 18 March 2017 – 5 June 2019 | |
| Chief Minister | Trivendra Singh Rawat |
| Preceded by | Indira Hridayesh |
| Succeeded by | Trivendra Singh Rawat |
| Minister of Tourism,Drinking Water, Election, Culture, Pilgrimage & Environment | |
| In office 7 March 2007 – 12 March 2012 | |
| Chief Minister | B.C. Khanduri Ramesh Pokhriyal B.C. Khanduri |
| 1'st Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2000–2002 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Yashpal Arya |
| MLA of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2002–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Krishna Chandra Punetha |
| Succeeded by | Mayukh Mahar |
| Constituency | Pithoragarh |
| In office 2017–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Mayukh Mahar |
| Succeeded by | Chandra Pant |
| Constituency | Pithoragarh |
| Member of Legislative Council | |
| In office 1998–2002 | |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Kumaon Local Authorities |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 November 1960 |
| Died | 5 June 2019 (aged 58) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Chandra Pant |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Diploma in Pharmacy (D.Pharm) from Government Polytechnic College in Dwarahat and B.A. degree from the Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management |
Prakash Pant (11 November 1960 - 5 June 2019) was an Indian politician and pharmacist and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party who served as the first speaker of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He was elected from Pithoragarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the 2002 , 2007 and 2017 but in 2012, he lost to Mayukh Mahar of Indian National Congress by a significant margin before regaining it from him in 2017. He was the first speaker of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He was also a minister in Government of Uttarakhand with portfolios of Finance, Tourism, Culture, Pilgrimage Endowment, parliamentary Affairs & Reorganization. He was MLC from 1998 till 2002 before the formation of Uttarakhand.
He died of lung cancer in Texas on 5 June 2019.