Sher Dhan Rai | |
Native Name: | शेरधन राई |
Office: | 1st Chief Minister of Koshi Province |
Termstart: | 14 February 2018 |
Termend: | 26 August 2021 |
President: | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
Governor: | Govinda Subba Somnath Adhikari Pyasi |
Predecessor: | Province established |
Successor: | Bhim Acharya |
Office1: | Leader of the Opposition in the Koshi Provincial Assembly |
Termstart1: | 2 November 2021 |
Termend1: | 2 September 2022 |
President1: | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
Governor1: | Somnath Adhikari Pyasi |
Predecessor1: | Rajiv Koirala |
Successor1: | Uddhav Thapa |
Office2: | Leader of the House in the Koshi Provincial Assembly |
President2: | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
Termstart2: | 15 January 2018 |
Termend2: | 26 August 2021 |
Predecessor2: | Province established |
Successor2: | Bhim Acharya |
Office3: | Ministry of Information and Communications (Nepal) |
Primeminister3: | KP Sharma Oli |
President3: | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
Termstart3: | 5 November 2015 |
Termend3: | 14 August 2016 |
Predecessor3: | Minendra Rijal |
Successor3: | Ram Karki |
Office4: | Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha |
Termstart4: | May 1999 |
Termend4: | May 2002 |
Predecessor4: | Dhan Harka Rai |
Successor4: | himself (as member of reinstated Hor) |
Constituency4: | Bhojpur 2 |
Office5: | Member of Interim legislature |
Termstart5: | 28 April 2006 |
Termend5: | 16 January 2008 |
Predecessor5: | Himself (as member of Hor) |
Successor5: | Sudan Kirati (as member of CA) |
Constituency5: | Bhojpur 2 |
Office6: | Member of Legislature Parliament |
Termstart6: | 21 January 2014 |
Termend6: | 14 October 2017 |
Constituency6: | Bhojpur 2 |
Predecessor6: | Sudan Kirati |
Successor6: | Constituency disestablished |
Office7: | Member of Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly |
Constituency7: | Bhojpur 1(B) |
Termstart7: | 5 February 2018 |
Termend7: | 2 September 2022 |
Predecessor7: | Constituency established |
Successor7: | Binod Rai |
Birth Date: | 23 February 1971 |
Birth Place: | Bhojpur, Nepal |
Nationality: | Nepalese |
Education: | Master's in Sociology |
Sher Dhan Rai (Nepali: शेरधन राई; born 25 June 1970) is a Nepalese politician and Former Chief Minister of Koshi Province, a province in eastern part of Nepal. He was elected parliamentary party leader of CPN (UML), the largest party in the provincial assembly, on 9 February 2018.[1] Rai was subsequently appointed as chief minister on 14 February 2018.[2] He was previously elected to the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly, winning the Bhojpur - 2 seat for the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist - Leninist).[3] [4] [5] Rai also served as a cabinet minister in the Government of Nepal, and was appointed Minister of Information and Communications in the first Oli cabinet.
Rai was born in Pasalbhanjyang, Thidingkha, Bhojpur in eastern Nepal in an agrarian family to Jagir Man Rai and Ramri Maya Rai. His father was elected thrice as village chief during the Panchayat period, and for two more terms after the Panchayat system was replaced by multi-party democracy.[6] Rai has a post-graduate degree in Sociology. He married with Jangmu Sherpa on 24 January, 2021.[7]