Mohammad Ishtiyaq Rayi
Nepali politician (born 1979)
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Mohammad Ishtiyaq Rayi (Nepali: मोहम्मद इश्तियाक राई) (born 2 November 1979) is a Nepali politician who had served as the Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation in the ruling coalition government led by Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba.[2]
Preceded byPosition established
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded byRenu Kumari Yadav
Mohammad Ishtiyaq Rayi | |
|---|---|
मोहम्मद इश्तियाक राई | |
| General secretary of People's Socialist Party | |
| In office 5 May 2024 – 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation | |
| In office 4 July 2022 – 14 October 2022 | |
| President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Preceded by | Renu Kumari Yadav |
| Minister of Urban Development | |
| In office 1 June 2018 – 24 December 2019 | |
| President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | K. P. Sharma Oli |
| Preceded by | K. P. Sharma Oli (as Prime Minister) |
| Succeeded by | Gokul Prasad Baskota |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| Assumed office 26 March 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Dhawal Shamsher Rana |
| Constituency | Banke 2 |
| In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Dinesh Chandra Yadav (as Member of the Constituent Assembly) |
| Succeeded by | Dhawal Shamsher Rana |
| Constituency | Banke 2 |
| Member of the Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Sushil Koirala (as Member of Parliament) |
| Succeeded by | Dinesh Chandra Yadav |
| Constituency | Banke 2 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 November 1979[1] |
| Party | CPN–UML |
Other political affiliations | Rastriya Prajatantra Party Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal (until 2020) People's Socialist Party |
Rai was elected as a Member of Parliament in the Pratinidhi Sabha from the Banke 2 (constituency) in the 2017 General Elections. In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election he was elected from the Banke-2 constituency, winning 19396 votes.[3]
