Wangchuk_Namgyel

Wangchuk Namgyel

Wangchuk Namgyel

Bhutanese politician

Not to be confused with Wangchuk Namgyal.

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]

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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

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