Ashok Rai
{{short description|Nepali politician}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = Honourable
| name = Ashok Kumar Rai
| honorific_suffix =
| native_name = अशोककुमार राई
| native_name_lang = ne
| image = Ashok Rai at farewell program in Australia.jpg
| office3 = Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
| term_start3 = 22 December 2022
| term_end3 =
| predecessor3 = Jay Kumar Rai
| successor3 =
| constituency3 = Sunsari 1
| termstart4 = October 1994
| termend4 = May 1999
| predecessor4 = Kul Prasad Sharma
| successor4 = Shiva Kumar Basnet
| constituency4 = Khotang 2
| termstart5 = May 1991
| termend5 = August 1994
| predecessor5 = Constituency established
| successor5 = Constituency abolished
| constituency5 = Khotang 3
| office6 = Member of {{nowrap|2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly}} for {{nowrap|Federal Socialist Party list}}
| termstart6 = 21 January 2014
| termend6 = 14 October 2018
| predecessor6 =
| successor6 =
| constituency6 =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|08|30}}
| birth_place = Udayapur District, Nepal
| party = Janata Samajbadi
| otherparty = CPN (UML) (until 2012)
FSP (2012–2015)
FSF-N (2015–2019)
{{nowrap|Socialist Party (2019–2020)}}
| office = chairman of People's Socialist Party
| predecessor = position established
| termstart = 6 June 2024
| office1 = Minister of Education, Science and Technology
| president1 = Ram Chandra Paudel
| primeminister1 = Pushpa Kamal Dahal
| termstart1 = 31 March 2023
| termend1 = 6 March 2024
| successor1 = Sumana Shrestha
| vicepresident1 = Ram Sahaya Yadav
| predecessor1 = Pushpa Kamal Dahal
}}
Ashok Kumar Rai ({{langx|ne|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.
Political life
He was previously the vice-chairman of CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) before he broke off with other indigenous leaders in the party to form the Federal Socialist Party.{{Cite web |title=Sanghiya Samajbadi Party formed under Rai |url=https://amritdahal.blogspot.com/2012/11/sanghiya-samajbadi-party-formed-under.html |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=Sanghiya Samajbadi Party formed under Rai}} He later merged the party with Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum and Khas Samabesi Party to form the Federal Socialist Forum.{{Cite web |title=Upendra Yadav, Ashok Rai announce unity, form FSF-N |url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/upendra-yadav-ashok-rai-announce-unity-form-fsf-n |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=thehimalayantimes.com|date=15 June 2015 }}
He was elected to the House of Representatives from Sunsari 1 at the 2022 general elections. He had previously served as an MP from Khotang 2 and Khotang 3 after being elected at the 1991 and 1994 elections, respectively. He was also elected as a member of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly from the Federal Socialist Party list.{{Cite web |title=Ashok Kumar Rai elected HoR member from Sunsari-1 |url=https://kathmandupost.com/province-no-1/2022/11/28/ashok-kumar-rai-elected-hor-member-from-sunsari-1 |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}}
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Category:Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians
Category:Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Category:People's Socialist Party politicians
Category:Nepal MPs 2022–present
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