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Sher Dhan Rai
Sher Dhan Rai
शेरधन राई
	Official portrait, 2018
1st Chief Minister of Koshi Province
	In office; 14 February 2018 – 26 August 2021
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Governor	Govinda Subba; Somnath Adhikari Pyasi
Preceded by	Province established
Succeeded by	Bhim Acharya
President	In office; 15 January 2018 – 26 August 2021
Other senior positions
Leader of the House in the; Koshi Provincial Assembly
	In office; 15 January 2018 – 26 August 2021
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Preceded by	Province established
Succeeded by	Bhim Acharya
Ministry of Information and Communications (Nepal)
	In office; 5 November 2015 – 14 August 2016
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	KP Sharma Oli
Preceded by	Minendra Rijal
Succeeded by	Ram Karki
Preceded by	In office; May 1999 – May 2002
Parliamentary offices
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
	In office; May 1999 – May 2002
Preceded by	Dhan Harka Rai
Succeeded by	himself (as member of reinstated Hor)
Constituency	Bhojpur 2
Member of Interim legislature
	In office; 28 April 2006 – 16 January 2008
Preceded by	Himself (as member of Hor)
Succeeded by	Sudan Kirati (as member of CA)
Constituency	Bhojpur 2
Member of Legislature Parliament
	In office; 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Preceded by	Sudan Kirati
Succeeded by	Constituency disestablished
Constituency	Bhojpur 2
Member of Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly
	In office; 5 February 2018 – 2 September 2022
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Binod Rai
Constituency	Bhojpur 1(B)
Personal details
Born	February 23, 1971 (age 53); Bhojpur, Nepal
Political party	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (before 2018: since 2021)
Other political; affiliations	Nepal Communist Party (2018 - 2021)
Spouse	Jangmu Enn Sherpa (m. 2021)
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.

Personal life

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]