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 | |
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| भरतमोहन अधिकारी | |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 30 November 1994 – 12 September 1995 | |
| Monarch | Birendra |
| Prime Minister | Man Mohan Adhikari |
| Preceded by | Mahesh Acharya |
| Succeeded by | Ram Saran Mahat |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office December 1998 – May 1999 | |
| Monarch | Birendra |
| Prime Minister | Girija Prasad Koirala |
| Preceded by | Ram Saran Mahat |
| Succeeded by | Mahesh Acharya |
| Minister of Finance, Deputy prime minister (Nepal) | |
| In office 2004–2005 | |
| Monarch | Gyanendra |
| Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 May 1936 Mahottari District, Kingdom of Nepal |
| Died | 2 March 2019 (aged 82) HAMS Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Political party | Nepal Communist Party |
| Other political affiliations | CPN-UML (until 2018) |
| Relatives | Man 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]
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References
- "Senior Citizens demand hike in allowance". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- "Bharat Mohan Adhikari at Medanta‚ of cardiopathy". The Himalayan Times. Archived from the original on December 1, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
- "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.
- "Former FM Bharat Mohan Adhikari passes away". The Himalayan Times. March 3, 2019.