Kathmandu – As part of Prime Minister Sushila Karki’s interim government bringing in subject experts to the cabinet, the responsibility of the Ministry of Finance has been given to former Finance Secretary Rameshwor Khanal.

Khanal, widely regarded as an expert in economic administration, spent most of his career in the Ministry of Finance. He served as Finance Secretary from August 2008 to March 2011, and earlier as Revenue Secretary from August 2006.

During his tenure as secretary, he worked with finance ministers including Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat, Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, Surendra Pandey, and Bharat Mohan Adhikari. Khanal resigned from his post when Adhikari was finance minister, after learning that the budget was being prepared outside the ministry.

Earlier, while serving as joint secretary, Khanal led the Budget and Program Division and the Foreign Aid Coordination Division.

After retiring from the Ministry of Finance, Khanal has remained active in research, teaching, consultation, and policy studies.