Lyonpo Dr. Tandi Dorji | |
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རྟ་མགྲིན་རྡོ་རྗེ་ | |
.jpg) Dorji in 2019 | |
| Foreign Minister for Bhutan | |
| In office 7 November 2018 – 28 January 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Lotay Tshering |
| Preceded by | Damcho Dorji |
| Succeeded by | D. N. Dhungyel |
| Member of the National Assembly of Bhutan | |
| 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 |
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.
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]
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]
Bhutan :
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The Royal Orange Scarf (3 November 2018). -
The Royal Red Scarf (17 December 2022).
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- ^ a b Ngawang. "Foreign Minister – Ministry of Foreign Affairs". Retrieved 2019-08-21.
- ^ a b c "Bhutan's Newly Elected Prime Minister Lotay Tshering Unveiled The 10 Cabinet Ministers On 3 November 2018". www.bhutantimes.com.
- ^ "HM confers Dakyen to Cabinet ministers, Speaker, and OL – KuenselOnline". www.kuenselonline.com.
- ^ a b c "Bhutan 2018 Elections". www.peldendrukpa.com.
- ^ "MMCH accords reception to its ex-student Bhutanese PM". Financial Express (Bangladesh). 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ "DNT announces cabinet portfolios". Bhutan Times.
- ^ "Doctors into politics condemn BMHC's notification – Business Bhutan". www.businessbhutan.bt.
- ^ "DNT reveals 46 candidates - BBS". 1 June 2018.
- ^ "Meet the cabinet minister-elects of third democratically elected government". 2018-11-03.
- ^ "Eight Candidates join DNT - The Bhutanese".
- ^ "How DNT won Punakha?".
- ^ "PM Lotay Tshering's Cabinet inaugurated in Bhutan – United News of India". www.uniindia.com.
- ^ 115th National Day
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- Living people
- Foreign ministers of Bhutan
- Bhutanese MNAs 2018–2023
- Bhutanese pediatricians
- Lotay Tshering ministry
- Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa politicians
- University of Dhaka alumni
- University of Sydney alumni
- University of Canberra alumni
- Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa MNAs
- Mymensingh Medical College alumni
- Bhutanese politician stubs
Lyonpo Dr. Tandi Dorji | |
|---|---|
རྟ་མགྲིན་རྡོ་རྗེ་ | |
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Dorji in 2019 | |
| Foreign Minister for Bhutan | |
| In office 7 November 2018 – 28 January 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Lotay Tshering |
| Preceded by | Damcho Dorji |
| Succeeded by | D. N. Dhungyel |
| Member of the National Assembly of Bhutan | |
| 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 |
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.
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]
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]
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Bhutan :
-
The Royal Orange Scarf (3 November 2018).
-
The Royal Red Scarf (17 December 2022).
[13]
-
- ^ a b Ngawang. "Foreign Minister – Ministry of Foreign Affairs". Retrieved 2019-08-21.
- ^ a b c "Bhutan's Newly Elected Prime Minister Lotay Tshering Unveiled The 10 Cabinet Ministers On 3 November 2018". www.bhutantimes.com.
- ^ "HM confers Dakyen to Cabinet ministers, Speaker, and OL – KuenselOnline". www.kuenselonline.com.
- ^ a b c "Bhutan 2018 Elections". www.peldendrukpa.com.
- ^ "MMCH accords reception to its ex-student Bhutanese PM". Financial Express (Bangladesh). 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ "DNT announces cabinet portfolios". Bhutan Times.
- ^ "Doctors into politics condemn BMHC's notification – Business Bhutan". www.businessbhutan.bt.
- ^ "DNT reveals 46 candidates - BBS". 1 June 2018.
- ^ "Meet the cabinet minister-elects of third democratically elected government". 2018-11-03.
- ^ "Eight Candidates join DNT - The Bhutanese".
- ^ "How DNT won Punakha?".
- ^ "PM Lotay Tshering's Cabinet inaugurated in Bhutan – United News of India". www.uniindia.com.
- ^ 115th National Day
| Tshering ministry | |||||
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*Acting Minister |
| International | |
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| National | |
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| This article about a Bhutanese politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Foreign ministers of Bhutan
- Bhutanese MNAs 2018–2023
- Bhutanese pediatricians
- Lotay Tshering ministry
- Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa politicians
- University of Dhaka alumni
- University of Sydney alumni
- University of Canberra alumni
- Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa MNAs
- Mymensingh Medical College alumni
- Bhutanese politician stubs