Janardan Sharma

Janardan Sharma (Nepali: जनार्दन शर्मा 'प्रभाकर') is a Nepalese politician and former Finance Minister of Nepal.^[1] A three-time parliamentarian, Sharma is the single leader to have been elected from same constituency for four consecutive terms within CPN (Maoist Centre).

Honourable Janardan Sharma Prabhakar जनार्दन शर्मा प्रभाकर
Sharma in 2024
Finance Minister of Nepal
In office 13 July 2022 – 26 December 2022
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Succeeded by	Bishnu Poudel
Minister for Home Affairs
In office 7 June 2017 – 17 October 2017
Prime Minister	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded by	Bimalendra Nidhi
Succeeded by	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Minister for Energy
In office 14 August 2016 – 31 May 2017
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Succeeded by	Mahendra Bahadur Shahi
Minister for Peace and Reconstruction
In office 31 August 2008 – May 2009
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Member of Parliament, Pranitidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 March 2018
Preceded by	Constituency established
Constituency	Western Rukum 1
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office 28 May 2008 – 14 October 2017
Preceded by	Tirtha Gautam
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Rukum 2
Personal details
Born	(1963-04-25) 25 April 1963 (age 62) Rukum, Nepal[citation needed]
Political party	CPN (Maoist Centre) (1995-2018, 2021 - present)
Other political affiliations	Nepal Communist Party (2018-2021)
Website	Official website

Sharma has previously been Minister of Home Affairs, Energy and Peace and Reconstruction of Nepal.^[2][3][4] He is known for his tenure as Energy minister when he significantly reduced loadshedding, which had been occurring for up to 18 hours per day.^[5]