Wangchuk Namgyel

Bhutanese politician

དབང་ཕྱུག་རྣམ་རྒྱལ།
Speaker of the National Assembly of Bhutan
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 November 2018Prime MinisterLotay TsheringDeputyTshencho WangdiPreceded byJigme ZangpoMember of the National Assembly of Bhutan
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 October 2018Preceded byKuengaConstituencyNyishog-Saephu Personal detailsBornc. 1964[1]Political partyDruk Nyamrup Tshogpa

Wangchuk Namgyel (Dzongkha: དབང་ཕྱུག་རྣམ་རྒྱལ།; born c. 1964)[1] is a Bhutanese educationist and politician who is the current speaker of the National Assembly of Bhutan, in office since November 2018.[2][3] He has been a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan, since October 2018.[4]

Early life and education

Namgyel was born on c. 1964[1][5] or c. 1963.[6]

He graduated from the University of Madras, India and received a degree of Master of Arts in History. He also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Education from National Institute of Education, Samtse.[5][6]

Career

Professional career

Namgyel started his professional career 27 years ago. He was a former headmaster of four high schools and also served as the chief of school monitoring in the education ministry.[6][5]

Political career

Namgyel is a member of Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT).[1] He was elected to the National Assembly of Bhutan as a candidate of DNT from Nyishog-Saephu constituency in the 2018 Bhutanese National Assembly election.[7] He received 4,388 votes and defeated Chimmi Jamtsho, a candidate of DPT.[8]

On 30 October 2018, he was nominated by DNT for the office of the Speaker of the National Assembly of Bhutan.[9] On 31 October 2018, he was elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Bhutan. He received 30 votes[6] against 17 votes of Ugyen Wangdi.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Bhutan 2018 Elections". www.peldendrukpa.com.
  2. ^ "News:His Majesty the Druk Gyalpo confers Dakyen to the Speaker and the Leader of Opposition". nab.gov.bt. National Assembly (Bhutan).
  3. ^ "Bhutan - National Assembly". data.ipu.org. Inter-Parliamentary Union.
  4. ^ "Wangchuk Namgay". www.nab.gov.bt.
  5. ^ a b c ""I have to put the nation's need first" Speaker – KuenselOnline". www.kuenselonline.com.
  6. ^ a b c d "Meet the new Speaker and Deputy Speaker - The Bhutanese".
  7. ^ a b "Nyishong_Saephu MP Wangchuk Namgyel elected as the Speaker of NA - BBS". 31 October 2018.
  8. ^ Phodrang, Wangdue (20 October 2018). "DNT's sweeps Wangdue and Punakha". The Bhutanese. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  9. ^ "DNT nominates Wangchuk Namgyel and Tshencho Wangdi for Speaker and Deputy Speaker posts - BBS". 30 October 2018.
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Current members of the National Assembly of Bhutan
  • Speaker of the House: Wangchuk Namgyel (DNT)
  • Deputy Speaker: Tshencho Wangdi (DNT)
  • Leader of the House: (Lotay Tshering, DNT)
  • Leader of the Opposition (Dorji Wangdi, DPT)
  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)