Sher Dhan Rai

Sher Dhan Rai 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. Rai was subsequently appointed chief minister on 14 February 2018. He was previously elected to the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly, winning the Bhojpur-2 seat for the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist). 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. Rai has a post-graduate degree in Sociology. He married Jangmu Sherpa on 24 January 2021.