Sher Dhan Rai

**Sher Dhan Rai** (; born 23 February 1971) 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 as 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.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Sher Dhan Rai
- **native name**: शेरधन राई
- **image**: Sherdhan Rai.jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2017
- **office**: 1st Chief Minister of Koshi Province
- **termstart**: 14 February 2018
- **termend**: 26 August 2021
- **president**: Bidhya Devi Bhandari
- **governor**: Govinda Subba
Somnath Adhikari
- **predecessor**: _Province established_
- **successor**: Bhim Acharya
- **office1**: Koshi Provincial Assembly, Leader of the Opposition in the
Koshi Provincial Assembly
- **termstart1**: 2 November 2021
- **termend1**: 2 September 2022
- **president1**: Bidhya Devi Bhandari
- **governor1**: Somnath Adhikari
- **predecessor1**: Rajiv Koirala
- **successor1**: Uddhav Thapa
- **office2**: Koshi Provincial Assembly, 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 House of Representatives (Nepal), 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 of Nepal, 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 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly, Legislature Parliament
- **termstart6**: 21 January 2014
- **termend6**: 14 October 2017
- **constituency6**: Bhojpur 2
- **predecessor6**: Sudan Kirati
- **successor6**: _Constituency disestablished_
- **office7**: Member of the Koshi Provincial Assembly, Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly
- **constituency7**: Bhojpur 1(B)
- **termstart7**: 5 February 2018
- **termend7**: 2 September 2022
- **predecessor7**: _Constituency established_
- **successor7**: Binod Rai
- **party**: Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
- **birth place**: Bhojpur, Kingdom of Nepal, Nepal
- **nationality**: Nepal, Nepalese
- **education**: Master's degree, Master's  in Sociology
- **otherparty**: Nepal Communist Party