Ashok Rai

Ashok Kumar Rai
अशोककुमार राई
Rai in 2010
Chairman of People's Socialist Party
Assumed office
6 June 2024
Preceded byposition established
Minister of Education, Science and Technology
In office
31 March 2023 – 6 March 2024
PresidentRam Chandra Paudel
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Vice PresidentRam Sahaya Yadav
Preceded byPushpa Kamal Dahal
Succeeded bySumana Shrestha
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
22 December 2022 – 12 September 2025
Preceded byJay Kumar Rai
Succeeded byHarka Sampang (elect)
ConstituencySunsari 1
In office
October 1994 – May 1999
Preceded byKul Prasad Sharma
Succeeded byShiva Kumar Basnet
ConstituencyKhotang 2
In office
May 1991 – August 1994
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyKhotang 3
Member of 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly for Federal Socialist Party list
In office
21 January 2014 – 14 October 2018
Personal details
Born (1957-08-30) August 30, 1957
PartyJanata Samajbadi
Other political
affiliations
CPN (UML) (until 2012)
FSP (2012–2015)
FSF-N (2015–2019)
Socialist Party (2019–2020)
SpouseSushila Shrestha
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Ashok Kumar Rai (Nepali: अशोककुमार राई) is a Nepalese politician and chairman of the newly formed People's Socialist Party. Rai is also the current MP for Sunsari 1 and the former Minister for Science, Education and Technology of Nepal.