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Ashok Kumar Rai | |
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अशोककुमार राई | |
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| chairman of People's Socialist Party | |
| Assumed office 6 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Minister of Education, Science and Technology | |
| In office 31 March 2023 – 6 March 2024 | |
| President | Ram Chandra Paudel |
| Prime Minister | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Vice President | Ram Sahaya Yadav |
| Preceded by | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Succeeded by | Sumana Shrestha |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| Assumed office 22 December 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Jay Kumar Rai |
| Constituency | Sunsari 1 |
| In office October 1994 – May 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Kul Prasad Sharma |
| Succeeded by | Shiva Kumar Basnet |
| Constituency | Khotang 2 |
| In office May 1991 – August 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Khotang 3 |
| Member of 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly for Federal Socialist Party list | |
| In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 30, 1957 Udayapur District, Nepal |
| Political party | Janata Samajbadi |
| Other political affiliations | CPN (UML) (until 2012) FSP (2012–2015) FSF-N (2015–2019) Socialist Party (2019–2020) |
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 current Minister for Science, Education and Technology of Nepal.