Prakash Sharan Mahat

Prakash Sharan Mahat is the current spokesperson of the Nepali Congress (NC). He has previously served as the Minister of Finance and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal.^[3][4]

Honourable Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat
प्रकाशशरण महत
Minister of Finance
Incumbent
In office 31 March 2023[1] – 4 March 2024
President	Ram Chandra Poudel
Prime Minister	Puspha Kamal Dahal
Preceded by	Bishnu Prasad Paudel
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Energy, Nepal
In office 4 August 2016[2] – 31 May 2017
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Preceded by	Kamal Thapa
Succeeded by	Krishna Bahadur Mahara
Member of House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 December 2022
Personal details
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	Nepali Congress

Biography

Since 2002, Mahat was working as a member of the Central ExecutiveCommittee of the Nepali Congress, major Democratic Party of Nepal till 2021 when he lost election for the post of party general secretary in 14th general convention of Nepali Congress.

He was a Member of Interim Legislative-Parliament from 2006 to 2008. He was a member of the 1st Constituent Assembly and a member of the 2nd Constituent Assembly, as well as, a current member of the House of Representatives, all via the proportional representation list of the NC.^[5]

Mahat was Minister for Energy from 2010 to 2011. He was also entrusted with the responsibility to negotiate with different agitating groups as one of the members of Government Dialogue Team from August 2007 to June 2008.

He remains active in the academic field, contributing policy papers, research analyses and newspapers articles particularly on economic development, peace process and contemporary political development.

Mahat is married to Bina Mahat, and they have two children.^[6]