Wangchuk Namgyel
Lyonpo Wangchuk Namgyel | |
|---|---|
དབང་ཕྱུག་རྣམ་རྒྱལ། | |
| Speaker of the National Assembly of Bhutan | |
| In office 7 November 2018 – 25 January 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Lotay Tshering |
| Deputy | Tshencho Wangdi |
| Preceded by | Jigme Zangpo |
| Succeeded by | Lungten Dorji |
| Member of the National Assembly of Bhutan | |
| Assumed office 31 October 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Kuenga |
| Constituency | Nyishog-Saephu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1964[1] |
| Political party | Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa |
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]
Early life and education
[edit]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
[edit]Professional career
[edit]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
[edit]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]
Honours
[edit]Wangchuk received the Bura Karp Kabney without fringes and Patang(Sword) from His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck during the 117th National Day of Bhutan bestowing upon him the title of dasho for lifelong contribution to his country.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Bhutan 2018 Elections". www.peldendrukpa.com.
- ^ "News:His Majesty the Druk Gyalpo confers Dakyen to the Speaker and the Leader of Opposition". nab.gov.bt. National Assembly (Bhutan).
- ^ "Bhutan - National Assembly". data.ipu.org. Inter-Parliamentary Union.
- ^ "Wangchuk Namgay". www.nab.gov.bt.
- ^ a b c ""I have to put the nation's need first" Speaker – KuenselOnline". www.kuenselonline.com.
- ^ a b c d "Meet the new Speaker and Deputy Speaker - The Bhutanese".
- ^ a b "Nyishong_Saephu MP Wangchuk Namgyel elected as the Speaker of NA - BBS". 31 October 2018.
- ^ Phodrang, Wangdue (20 October 2018). "DNT's sweeps Wangdue and Punakha". The Bhutanese. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "DNT nominates Wangchuk Namgyel and Tshencho Wangdi for Speaker and Deputy Speaker posts - BBS". 30 October 2018.