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Indian politician (1960–2019)
Prakash Pant
Finance Minister of Uttarakhand
In office 18 March 2017 – 5 June 2019
Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
In office 2000–2002
MLA of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
In office 2002–2007
Preceded by
Chandra Pant
Constituency
Pithoragarh
Personal details
Born
(1960-11-11)11 November 1960 Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India
Died
5 June 2019(2019-06-05) (aged 58) Houston, Texas, U.S.[1]
Political party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Chandra Pant
Prakash Pant was a Bharatiya Janata Party leader and member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in India. He was elected from Pithoragarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the 2002 to 2007 but in 2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, he lost to Mayukh Mahar of Indian National Congress. He was the first speaker of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.[2][3] He was also a minister in Government of Uttarakhand with portfolios of Tourism, Culture, Pilgrimage Endowment, parliamentary Affairs & Reorganization.[4][5]
He died of cancer in Texas on 5 June 2019.
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