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Tandi Dorji

Tandi Dorji

Foreign Minister for Bhutan


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.

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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. Ngawang. "Foreign Minister – Ministry of Foreign Affairs". Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  2. "Bhutan 2018 Elections". www.peldendrukpa.com.
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