Swarnim Wagle

Dr. Swarnim Wagle () is a prominent South Asian economist and a member of Nepal's Federal Parliament since April 2023, having been elected in a by-election from the seat of Tanahun 1 vacated when the incumbent became the third President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. He currently serves as the vice-chair of the Rastriya Swatantra Party.

Wagle previously served as vice-chair of the National Planning Commission from August 2017 to February 2018, and was a member of the Commission for two terms, from May 2014 to November 2015, and September 2016 to August 2017. Wagle played a key policy role in reconstruction in the immediate aftermath of the devastating Nepal earthquakes of 2015 that claimed about 9000 lives. Between 2020 and 2022, during the Covid-19 pandemic, he was the Chief Economic Advisor at the United Nations Development Program Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific in New York covering 35 countries. Provided by Wikipedia