Dorji Tshering () is a

Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountai ...

ese politician who has been Minister for Works and Human Settlement since November 2018. He has been a member of the

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, since October 2018.

Early life and education

Tshering was born . He received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur (Howrah) India. He completed his master's degree in civil engineering from the

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, Australia.

Professional career

Before joining politics, he served as the executive engineer and deputy executive engineer in the Ministry of Works and Human Settlement for seven years.

Political career

Tshering is a member of Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa. He was elected to the

in the

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for the Radhi-Sakteng constituency. He received 3,550 votes and defeated Tashi Dorji, a candidate of

Druk Phuensum Tshogpa Druk Phuensum Tshogpa ( dz, འབྲུག་ཕུན་སུམ་ཚོགས་པ།; Wylie:'' 'brug phun-sum tshog-pa''; translation: Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party; abbr. DPT) is one of the major political parties in Bhutan. It was ...

. On 3 November,

Lotay Tshering Lotay Tshering ( dz, བློ་གྲོས་ཚེ་རིང་; born 10 May 1969) is a Bhutanese politician and surgeon who is the current Prime Minister of Bhutan, in office since 7 November 2018. He has also been the president of Druk ...

formally announced his cabinet structure and Dorji Tshering was named as Minister for Works and Human Settlement. On 7 November 2018, he was sworn in as Minister for Works and Human Settlement in the cabinet of Prime Minister Lotay Tshering.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tshering, Dorji 1979 births Living people Bhutanese politicians Bhutanese MNAs 2018–2023 Lotay Tshering ministry Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa politicians Edith Cowan University alumni Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa MNAs