nationality article_title education name occupation organization
nepalese bhola nath chalise
 university of vienna bhola nath chalise economist , government official , libertarian activist samriddhi , the prosperity foundation
bhola nath chalise

bhola nath chalise -lrb- died 2015 -rrb- was a nepalese economist and government official who played a leading role in turning nepal 's largely statist economy into a more free market economy .
he spent many years as an official at the ministry of industry , serving in turn as under-secretary , joint secretary , and secretary .
upon his death , he was described as one of nepal 's `` great champions of freedom and economic reform '' and as having successfully struggled against what had been the perceived view in nepal that the `` state is omnipotent . ''
for decades , commented one source , chalise `` was one of the very few advocates of free market in nepal 's mainstream media . ''
another source has said that chalise , during his years at nepal 's industry ministry , `` played a crucial role '' in introducing `` market friendly reform policies and acts . ''
