Bharat Mohan Adhikari

Bharat Mohan Adhikari (Nepali: भरतमोहन अधिकारी) (4 May 1936 – 2 March 2019) was a Nepali politician and freedom fighter. He became the Minister of Finance of Nepal in the 1994-95 government of Prime Minister Man Mohan Adhikari.[1] He was the first communist Finance Minister who championed the "Afno Gaun Afai Banau" (Nepali: आफ्नो गाउँ आफै बनाउँ; Develop our own village) campaign.

Bharat Mohan Adhikari
भरतमोहन अधिकारी
Minister of Finance
In office
30 November 1994  12 September 1995
MonarchBirendra
Prime MinisterMan Mohan Adhikari
Preceded byMahesh Acharya
Succeeded byRam Saran Mahat
Minister of Finance
In office
December 1998  May 1999
MonarchBirendra
Prime MinisterGirija Prasad Koirala
Preceded byRam Saran Mahat
Succeeded byMahesh Acharya
Minister of Finance, Deputy prime minister (Nepal)
In office
2004–2005
MonarchGyanendra
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Personal details
Born(1936-05-04)4 May 1936
Mahottari District, Kingdom of Nepal
Died2 March 2019(2019-03-02) (aged 82)
HAMS Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
Political partyNepal Communist Party
Other political
affiliations
CPN-UML (until 2018)
RelativesMan Mohan Adhikari (brother)
BP Koirala(cousin)

He also served as the deputy prime minister of Nepal in the Deuba cabinet (2004–05), which was later dissolved by King Gyanendra. Although a central figure of the CPN-UML, he was considered to have held more moderate views.

Health and death

In 2012, he was at the Medanta Medicity Hospital in New Delhi for suspected valvular heart disease, but was not treated for the same.[2][3] He died on 2 March 2019 from multiple organ failure stemming from a severe case of COPD.[4]

References

  1. "Senior Citizens demand hike in allowance". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  2. "Bharat Mohan Adhikari at Medanta‚ of cardiopathy". The Himalayan Times. Archived from the original on December 1, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  3. "Adhikari to undergo open heart surgery in India". The Himalayas Times. December 4, 2012. Archived from the original on December 6, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  4. "Former FM Bharat Mohan Adhikari passes away". The Himalayan Times. March 3, 2019.

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