| Honorific-Prefix: | Lyonpo |
| Loknath Sharma | |
| Native Name Lang: | dz |
| Office: | Minister for Economic Affairs |
| Term Start: | 7 November 2018 |
| Primeminister: | Lotay Tshering |
| Predecessor: | Lekey Dorji |
| Office1: | Member of the National Assembly of Bhutan |
| Term Start1: | 31 October 2018 |
| Predecessor1: | Tek Bahadur Subba |
| Constituency1: | Dophuchen-Tading |
| Birth Date: | [1] |
| Alma Mater: | Sherubtse College University of Allahabad Canberra Institute of Technology |
| Party: | Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa |
Loknath Sharma is a Bhutanese politician who has been Minister for Economic Affairs since November 2018.[2] He has been a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan, since October 2018.[3]
He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Sherubtse College, Bhutan and a Master of Arts in Economics degree from University of Allahabad, India.[5] He completed his Advance Diploma in Community Services from the Canberra Institute of Technology, Australia.[1]
Before joining politics, he was served as Community service worker, Economics consultant and Transport management specialist.[1]
Sharma is a member the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT).[1] He participated in the 2013 Bhutanese National Assembly election.[6] He was elected to the National Assembly of Bhutan in the 2018 elections for the Dophuchen-Tading constituency.[7] He received 5,069 votes and defeated Thakur Singh Powdyel.[8] On 3 November, Lotay Tshering formally announced his cabinet structure and Sharma was named as Minister for Economic Affairs.[9] On 7 November 2018, he was sworn in as Minister for Economic Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Lotay Tshering.[2] [10]