KATHMANDU, July 18: Former finance minister and veteran civil society leader Dr Devendra Raj Pandey passed away at his residence in Bishalnagar, Kathmandu, on Friday evening after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 87.
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Pandey was a former government secretary who resigned from the civil service before the 1980 referendum. He later became a leading figure in Nepal's pro-democracy movement. He served as finance minister in the interim government formed after the 1990 People's Movement. He was also a key leader of the 2006 People's Movement, a political economist, and a founding member of Transparency International Nepal.
His last rites will be performed at Pashupati Aryaghat on Saturday morning.
