Swarnim Wagle
Nepal
Rastriya Swatantra
Minister of Finance
government
Dr. Swarnim Wagle is a Nepalese politician and prominent South Asian economist who has served as the Minister of Finance since 2026. He is also the vice-chair of the Rastriya Swatantra Party. He was formerly a chief economic advisor at the UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific (RBAP) in New York.
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Aug 29, 2026
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Wagle, Nepal's Finance Minister, is in the news for stating that the country needs billions to recover from catastrophic flooding that left nearly 2,500 missing.
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