Janardan Sharma

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Honourable Janardan Sharma Prabhakar जनार्दन शर्मा प्रभाकर
Minister of Finance
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) April 25, 1963 (age 61) Rukum, Nepal[citation needed]
Political party	CPN (Maoist Centre) (1995-2018, 2021 - present)
Other political affiliations	Nepal Communist Party (2018-2021)

Janardan Sharma (Nepali: जनार्दन शर्मा 'प्रभाकर') is a Nepalese politician and former Finance Minister of Nepal.^[1] He is a three-time parliamentarian. He has previously served as Minister of Home Affairs, Energy, and Peace and Reconstruction^[2][3]Nepal.^[4] He is well known for his successful tenure of Energy minister when he removed brunt of loadshedding up to 18 hours under his leadership and incumbent Nepal Electricity Authority Chief Kul Man Ghising.^[5]