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Which employer did Yuba Raj Khatiwada work for from 2002 to 2005?
Yuba Raj Khatiwada Yuba Raj Khatiwada ( ; born 14 August 1956 ) is a former Nepali politician and economist who has served as the Ambassador of Nepal to the United States since 17 February 2021 . As the residential ambassador of Nepal to the US , he is also the non-residential ambassador to Panama , Costa Rica , Mexico , El Salvador , Honduras , and Guatemala and is entitled to look after the affairs related to the World Bank , IMF , and the World Bank Group ( IBRD , IDA , IFC , MIGA and ICSID ) . He was a member of the National Assembly from 2018 to 2020 and was a minister in the cabinet of KP Sharma Oli from February 2018 to September 2020 . He previously served as the governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank , as well as the vice-chair of the National Planning Commission . Political career . Khatiwada served as a nominated member of National Assembly from 2018 to 2020 . He was appointed Minister of Finance on 26 February 2018 . After the resignation of Gokul Prasad Baskota , he was given the portfolio of Information and Communications as well on 20 February 2020 , becoming the spokesperson of the Government of Nepal . Khatiwada resigned from both ministerial posts on 3 March 2020 when his two-year term in the National Assembly ended , however he was reappointed the next day . As any member of the cabinet must become a member of either houses of the parliament within six months of appointment , Khatiwada resigned from the cabinet on 4 September 2020 when he was not renominated and Bamdev Gautam was nominated to succeed him in the National Assembly . Subsequently , he was appointed as a special economic advisor to the prime minister with benefits on par with a minister . On 1 October 2020 , the cabinet recommended Khatiwada as Nepals Ambassador to the United States of America . He was appointed ambassador by president Bidya Devi Bhandari on 22 December 2020 , and presented his credentials to the president of the United States , Joe Biden , on 17 February 2021 . Economist career . Khatiwada served two tenures as the vice chairman of the National Planning Commission , first from June 2009 to March 2010 and again from November 2015 to August 2016 . Between those two tenures at the planning commission , he served as the 15th Governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank , the central bank of Nepal . He also served as the senior economist in the regional centre of UNDP for Asia and the Pacific for the United Nations from 2006 to 2009 . He had also been appointed member of the National Planning Commission from 2002 to 2005 . Khatiwada was the Head of the Economic Research Department of the Nepal Rastra Bank from 1999 to 2002 , a postgraduate teacher at Tribhuvan University in 1982 , and intermittently , a visiting faculty member at Tribhuvan University and Kathmandu University from 1992 to 2001 . He received his masters degrees in Economics and Public Administration from Tribhuvan University in 1981 and 1984 respectively , and a PhD in Monetary Economics from Delhi School of Economics , University of Delhi in 1991 . Awards and recognitions . Khatiwada has been awarded with national awards such as the Suprabal Gorkha Dakshin Bahu ( 2001 ) , Sukirtimaya Rastra Deep ( 2013 ) and Prasiddha Prabal Jana Sewa Shree ( 2016 ) conferred by the President of Nepal for his outstanding contribution to the development of Nepal in his different capacities .