| Honorific-Prefix: | Honourable |
| Janardan Sharma Prabhakar जनार्दन शर्मा प्रभाकर | |
| Office: | Minister of Finance |
| Term Start: | 13 July 2022 |
| Termend: | 26 December 2022 |
| President: | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Primeminister: | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Successor: | Bishnu Poudel |
| Office1: | Minister for Home Affairs |
| Term Start1: | 7 June 2017 |
| Term End1: | 17 October 2017 |
| Primeminister1: | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Predecessor1: | Bimalendra Nidhi |
| Successor1: | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Office2: | Minister for Energy |
| Term Start2: | 14 August 2016 |
| Term End2: | 31 May 2017 |
| Primeminister2: | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Successor2: | Mahendra Bahadur Shahi |
| Office3: | Minister for Peace and Reconstruction |
| Term Start3: | 31 August 2008 |
| Term End3: | May 2009 |
| Primeminister3: | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Office4: | Member of Parliament, Pranitidhi Sabha |
| Term Start4: | 4 March 2018 |
| Predecessor4: | Constituency established |
| Constituency4: | Western Rukum 1 |
| Office5: | Member of Constituent Assembly |
| Term Start5: | 28 May 2008 |
| Term End5: | 14 October 2017 |
| Constituency5: | Rukum 2 |
| Predecessor5: | Tirtha Gautam |
| Successor5: | Constituency abolished |
| Birth Place: | Rukum, Nepal |
| Party: | CPN (Maoist Centre) (1995-2018, 2021 - present) |
| Otherparty: | Nepal Communist Party (2018-2021) |
| Birth Date: | 25 April 1963 |
Janardan Sharma (Nepali: जनार्दन शर्मा 'प्रभाकर') is a Nepalese politician and former Finance Minister of Nepal.[1] A three-time parliamentarian, Sharma is the single leader to have been elected from same constituency for four consecutive terms within CPN (Maoist Centre).
Sharma has previously served as Minister of Home Affairs, Energy and Peace and Reconstruction of Nepal.[2] [3] [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.[5]
| Election | House | Constituency | Party | Votes | Opponent | Party | Votes | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Constituent Assembly | Rukum-2 | 30,270 | Prem Prakash Oli | Nepali Congress | 9,250 | Elected | |||
| 2013 | Constituent Assembly | 22,575 | Gopal Jee Jung Shah | 12,599 | Elected | |||||
| 2017 | House of Representatives | Western Rukum 1 | 34,402 | Gopal Jee Jung Shah | 15,659 | Elected | ||||
| 2022 | House of Representatives | 39,549 | Nandaram Devkota | CPN (UML) | 12,961 | Elected | ||||
Sharma was accused of changing tax rates inviting unauthorized persons a day before budget for the next fiscal year was announced. Annapurna Post first broke the news.[6] [7] He later resigned.[8] Parliamentary Probe Special Committee was formed to investigate the controversy.[9] The committee concluded that they could not confirm the allegations about Sharma inviting outsiders to change the tax rates.[10] He was later re-appointed as Finance Minister.[11]