Sher Dhan Rai ( ne, शेरधन राई; born 23 February 1971) is a Nepalese politician and Former Chief Minister of Province No. 1, a province in eastern

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. He was elected parliamentary party leader of

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, the largest party in the

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, on 9 February 2018. Rai was subsequently appointed chief minister on 14 February 2018. He was previously elected to the

2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly The Second Constituent Assembly of Nepal, later converted to the Legislature Parliament ( ne, व्यवस्थापिका संसद), was a unicameral legislature of Nepal. It was elected in the 2013 Constituent Assembly elections af ...

, winning the Bhojpur–2 seat for the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist). Rai also served as a cabinet minister in the

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, and was appointed

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in the

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Personal life

Rai was born in Pasalbhanjyang,

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, Bhojpur in

eastern Nepal The Eastern Development Region ( Nepali: पुर्वाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्र, ''Purwānchal Bikās Kshetra'') was one of Nepal's five development regions. It is also known as Kirata region. It was located at th ...

in a farming 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.

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Living people Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians 1971 births People from Bhojpur District, Nepal Chief Ministers of Nepalese provinces Members of the Provincial Assembly of Province No. 1 Nepal MPs 1999–2002 Rai people Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly {{Province1NP-politician-stub