Tandi Dorji

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.

Lyonpo Dr.
Tandi Dorji
རྟ་མགྲིན་རྡོ་རྗེ་
Dorji in 2019
Foreign Minister for Bhutan
In office
7 November 2018  28 January 2024
Prime MinisterLotay Tshering
Preceded byDamcho Dorji
Succeeded byD. N. Dhungyel
Member of the National Assembly of Bhutan
Assumed office
31 October 2018
Preceded byChimi Dorji
ConstituencyLingmukha-Toedwang
Personal details
Born (1968-09-02) September 2, 1968[1]
Political partyDruk Nyamrup Tshogpa
Alma materUniversity 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 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

  •  Bhutan :
    • The Royal Orange Scarf (3 November 2018).
    • The Royal Red Scarf (17 December 2022).[13]

References


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