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]
Lyonpo Wangchuk Namgyel | |
|---|---|
དབང་ཕྱུག་རྣམ་རྒྱལ། | |
| Speaker of the National Assembly of Bhutan | |
| Assumed office 7 November 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Lotay Tshering |
| Deputy | Tshencho Wangdi |
| Preceded by | Jigme Zangpo |
| 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 |
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]
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.