Tandi Dorji

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

Lyonpo Tandi Dorji
རྟ་མགྲིན་རྡོ་རྗེ་
Dorji in 2019
Foreign Minister for Bhutan
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 November 2018
Prime Minister	Lotay Tshering
Preceded by	Damcho Dorji
Member of the National Assembly of Bhutan
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 October 2018
Preceded by	Chimi Dorji
Constituency	Lingmukha-Toedwang
Personal details
Born	September 2, 1968[1]
Political party	Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa
Alma mater	University of Dhaka University of Sydney University of Canberra

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 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]

References

1. Ngawang. "Foreign Minister – Ministry of Foreign Affairs". Retrieved 2019-08-21.
2. "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. "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.