Tandi Dorji

Foreign Minister for Bhutan
རྟ་མགྲིན་རྡོ་རྗེ་
Dorji in 2019
Foreign Minister for BhutanIn office
7 November 2018 – 28 January 2024Prime MinisterLotay TsheringPreceded byDamcho DorjiSucceeded byD. N. DhungyelMember of the National Assembly of Bhutan
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Assumed office
31 October 2018Preceded byChimi DorjiConstituencyLingmukha-Toedwang Personal detailsBorn (1968-09-02) September 2, 1968 (age 55)[1]Political partyDruk Nyamrup TshogpaAlma materUniversity of Dhaka
University of Sydney
University of Canberra

Tandi Dorji (Dzongkha: རྟ་མགྲིན་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wylie : Rta mgrin rdo rje; born 2 September 1968)[1] is a Bhutanese politician who served as Foreign Minister for Bhutan from November 2018 to 2024.[2][3] He has been a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan, since October 2018.

Education

He holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree from Mymensingh Medical College under the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.[4][5] He undertook his residency in Paediatrics from Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) in Pune India. He completed his Master of International Public Health from University of Sydney, Australia[6] and Master of Business Administration from University of Canberra, Australia.[4]

Political career

Before entering politics, he was a pediatrician,[7][8] public health researcher and a technical advisor.[9]

Dorji is a founding member and former president of the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa.[4] He participated in the 2008 and 2013 elections.[10] He was elected to the National Assembly of Bhutan in the 2018 elections for the Lingmukha Toedwang constituency.[2] He received 3,154 votes and defeated Sonam Wangyel Wang, a candidate of DPT.[11]

On 3 November, Lotay Tshering formally announced his cabinet structure and Tandi was named as Foreign Minister for Bhutan.[2] On 7 November 2018, he was sworn in as Foreign Minister for Bhutan in the cabinet of Prime Minister Lotay Tshering.[12]

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b Ngawang. "Foreign Minister – Ministry of Foreign Affairs". Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  2. ^ a b c "Bhutan's Newly Elected Prime Minister Lotay Tshering Unveiled The 10 Cabinet Ministers On 3 November 2018". www.bhutantimes.com.
  3. ^ "HM confers Dakyen to Cabinet ministers, Speaker, and OL – KuenselOnline". www.kuenselonline.com.
  4. ^ a b c "Bhutan 2018 Elections". www.peldendrukpa.com.
  5. ^ "MMCH accords reception to its ex-student Bhutanese PM". Financial Express (Bangladesh). 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  6. ^ "DNT announces cabinet portfolios". Bhutan Times.
  7. ^ "Doctors into politics condemn BMHC's notification – Business Bhutan". www.businessbhutan.bt.
  8. ^ "DNT reveals 46 candidates - BBS". 1 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Meet the cabinet minister-elects of third democratically elected government". 2018-11-03.
  10. ^ "Eight Candidates join DNT - The Bhutanese".
  11. ^ "How DNT won Punakha?".
  12. ^ "PM Lotay Tshering's Cabinet inaugurated in Bhutan – United News of India". www.uniindia.com.
  13. ^ 115th National Day
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Current members of the National Assembly of Bhutan
  1.   Lotay Tshering (DNT)
  2.   Wangchuk Namgay (DNT)
  3.   Tandi Dorji (DNT)
  4.   Yeshey Penjor (DNT)
  5.   Karma Donnen Wangdi (DNT)
  6.   Dechen Wangmo (DNT)
  7.   Loknath Sharma (DNT)
  8.   Namgay Tshering (DNT)
  9.   Ugyen Dorji (DNT)
  10.   Jai Bir Rai (DNT)
  11.   Dorji Tshering (DNT)
  12.   Tshencho Wangdi (DNT)
  13.   Tshewang Lhamo (DNT)
  14.   Jurmi Wangchuk (DNT)
  15.   Hemant Gurung (DNT)
  16.   Ganesh Ghimiray (DNT)
  17.   Dil Maya Rai (DNT)
  18.   Dinesh Kumar Pradhan (DNT)
  19.   Tek Bahadur Rai (DNT)
  20.   Gyem Dorji (DNT)
  21.   Bimal Thapa (DNT)
  22.   Garja Man Rai (DNT)
  23.   Kinley Wangchuk (DNT)
  24.   Ugyen Tshering (DNT)
  25.   Kinga Penjor (DNT)
  26.   Dorjee Wangmo (DNT)
  27.   Ugen Tenzin (DNT)
  28.   Tenzin (DNT)
  29.   Yeshey Dem (DNT)
  30.   Karma Lhamo (DNT)
  31.   Dawa (DNT)
  32.   Karma Dorji (DNT)
  33.   Karma Gyeltshen (DNT)
  34.   Dorji Wangdi (DPT)
  35.   Karma Wangchuk (DPT)
  36.   Ugyen Wangdi (DPT)
  37.   Rinzin Jamtsho (DPT)
  38.   Tshering Chhoden (DPT)
  39.   Lungten Namgyal (DPT)
  40.   Ugyen Dorji (DPT)
  41.   Norbu Wangzom (DPT)
  42.   Passang Dorji (DPT)
  43.   Samdrup R. Wangchuk (DPT)
  44.   Karma Thinley (DPT)
  45.   Dupthob (DPT)
  46.   Gyambo Tshering (DPT)
  47.   Choki Gyeltshen (DPT)
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