Jai Bir Rai () 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 Education since November 2018.
He has been a member of the
National Assembly of Bhutan, since October 2018.
Early life and education
Rai was born on .
He graduated from the
Maastricht School of Management, the Netherlands, and received a degree of
MBA (Research program, specialized in Accounting and Finance).
Professional career
Before joining politics in 2013, he served as a CEO, chief consultant, trainer and was also the finance officer of the
Royal University of Bhutan,
JDWNRH and the
Ministry of Agriculture
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.
Political career
Rai is a member of
Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT).
He was elected to the
National Assembly of Bhutan in the
2018 elections
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for the Phuentsholing constituency.
He received 5,586 votes and defeated Tashi, a candidate of
Druk Phuensum Tshogpa.
On 3 November,
Lotay Tshering formally announced his cabinet structure and Rai was named as
Minister for Education.
On 7 November 2018, he was sworn in as Minister for Education in the cabinet of Prime Minister Lotay Tshering.
References
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Living people
Bhutanese politicians
1973 births
Bhutanese MNAs 2018–2023
Lotay Tshering ministry
Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa politicians
Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa MNAs
Bhutanese people of Nepalese descent
Rai people