Hem Kumar Rai

{{short description|Nepali politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Hem Kumar Rai

| native_name = हेम कुमार राई

| office = Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha

| term_start = 4 March 2018

| term_end = 18 September 2022

| constituency = Solukhumbu 1

| successor = Manbir Rai

| birth_place =

| party = CPN (Maoist Centre)

| nationality = Nepali

| occupation =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|12|30}}{{Cite book |url=https://hr.parliament.gov.np/uploads/attachments/z3qljvte6vwen2cy.pdf |title=संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका |publisher=Federal Parliament Secretariat |year=2021 |location=Nepal |pages=270 |language=ne |trans-title=Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet}}

}}

Hem kumar Rai is a Nepali politician and a former member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal.{{Cite web|url=http://hr.parliament.gov.np/en/video/2929|title=Hem Kumar Rai|website=hr.parliament.gov.np|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-17}} He is also a member of the parliamentary Finance Committee.{{Cite web|url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/morning-starter-thursday-august-15-2019.html|title=Morning Starter: Thursday, August 15, 2019 – OnlineKhabar|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-08-17}} He won his seat from the Solukhumbu-1 constituency as a candidate from Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center) of the left alliance,{{Cite web|url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/29952/|title=Maoist Center finalizes FPTP candidates for federal parliament|last=Republica|website=My Republica|language=en|access-date=2019-08-17}} by defeating his nearest rival Bal Bahadur KC of Nepali Congress. He garnered 20,747 votes to KC's 17,294.{{Cite web|url=http://election.ekantipur.com/pradesh-1/district-solukhumbu?lng=eng|title=Solukhumbu : Province 1 - Nepal Election Latest Updates and Result for Federal Parliament|website=election.ekantipur.com|access-date=2019-08-17}} After his party united with CPN UML to form Nepal Communist Party (NCP), he became the new party's "co-incharge" for Solukhumbu district.{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/nepal-communist-party-ncp-appoints-77-districts-incharge/|title=NCP appoints 77 districts' incharge|date=2019-07-22|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-17}}