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LyonpoUgyen Dorji
Minister for Home and Cultural Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 November 2018
Prime MinisterLotay Tshering
Preceded byNgeema Sangay Tshempo
Member of the National Assembly of Bhutan
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 October 2018
Preceded byDorji Choden
ConstituencyThrimshing
Personal details
Bornc. 1986
Political partyDruk Nyamrup Tshogpa
Alma materSherubtse College
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Ugyen Dorji (c. 1986) is a Bhutanese politician who was Minister for Labour and Human Resources from November 2018. and has been Minister for Home and Cultural Affairs since 2021

He has been a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan, as the MP for Thrimshing since October 2018.

Early life and education

Dorji was born c. 1986.

He received a Master's degree in public policy from Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in English and Dzongkha from Sherubtse College, Bhutan.

Professional career

Before entering politics, he was the desk officer at SAARC and a research assistant at the Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore from 2016 to 2017. He has worked in the ministry of foreign affairs from 2013 to 2018. He was also a reporter at The Journalist in 2011.

Political career

Dorji is a member of Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT).

He was elected to the National Assembly of Bhutan in the 2018 elections for the Thrimshing constituency. He received 2,646 votes and defeated Chenga Tshering, a candidate of Druk Phuensum Tshogpa.

On 7 November 2018 he was sworn in as Minister for Labour and Human Resources.

References

  1. ^ "New Cabinet of the Royal Government of Bhutan sworn in on 7th November 2018. – Ministry of Foreign Affairs". www.mfa.gov.bt.
  2. "His Majesty The King conferred Dakyen to the new Prime Minister and cabinet ministers - Cabinet Secretariat". www.cabinet.gov.bt. Archived from the original on 11 December 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  3. https://www.moha.gov.bt/?page_id=371
  4. https://www.nab.gov.bt/en/member/member_detail/115 Archived 7 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Ugyen Dorji". www.nab.gov.bt.
  6. ^ "The Cabinet takes charge". Business Bhutan.
  7. "Bhutan 2018 Elections". www.peldendrukpa.com.
  8. ^ "Bhutan's Newly Elected Prime Minister Lotay Tshering Unveiled The 10 Cabinet Ministers On 3 November 2018". www.bhutantimes.com.
  9. "DNT gets two and DPT gets three in a competitive Trashigang contest".
Political offices
Preceded byNgeema Sangay Tshempo Minister for Labour and Human Resources
2018–present 		Incumbent
Tshering ministry
Prime Minister: Lotay Tshering
Cabinet ministers
Foreign AffairsTandi Dorji
Home and Cultural AffairsSherub Gyeltshen
Agriculture and ForestsYeshey Penjor
Information and CommunicationKarma Donnen Wangdi
HealthDechen Wangmo
Economic AffairsLoknath Sharma
FinanceNamgay Tshering
Labour and Human ResourcesUgyen Dorji
EducationJai Bir Rai
Works and Human SettlementDorji Tshering
Current members of the National Assembly of Bhutan
  1.   Lotay Tshering (DNT)
  2.   Wangchuk Namgay (DNT)
  3.   Tandi Dorji (DNT)
  4.   Yeshey Penjor (DNT)
  5.   Karma Donnen Wangdi (DNT)
  6.   Dechen Wangmo (DNT)
  7.   Loknath Sharma (DNT)
  8.   Namgay Tshering (DNT)
  9.   Ugyen Dorji (DNT)
  10.   Jai Bir Rai (DNT)
  11.   Dorji Tshering (DNT)
  12.   Tshencho Wangdi (DNT)
  13.   Tshewang Lhamo (DNT)
  14.   Jurmi Wangchuk (DNT)
  15.   Hemant Gurung (DNT)
  16.   Ganesh Ghimiray (DNT)
  17.   Dil Maya Rai (DNT)
  18.   Dinesh Kumar Pradhan (DNT)
  19.   Tek Bahadur Rai (DNT)
  20.   Gyem Dorji (DNT)
  21.   Bimal Thapa (DNT)
  22.   Garja Man Rai (DNT)
  23.   Kinley Wangchuk (DNT)
  24.   Ugyen Tshering (DNT)
  25.   Kinga Penjor (DNT)
  26.   Dorjee Wangmo (DNT)
  27.   Ugen Tenzin (DNT)
  28.   Tenzin (DNT)
  29.   Yeshey Dem (DNT)
  30.   Karma Lhamo (DNT)
  31.   Dawa (DNT)
  32.   Karma Dorji (DNT)
  33.   Karma Gyeltshen (DNT)
  34.   Dorji Wangdi (DPT)
  35.   Karma Wangchuk (DPT)
  36.   Ugyen Wangdi (DPT)
  37.   Rinzin Jamtsho (DPT)
  38.   Tshering Chhoden (DPT)
  39.   Lungten Namgyal (DPT)
  40.   Ugyen Dorji (DPT)
  41.   Norbu Wangzom (DPT)
  42.   Passang Dorji (DPT)
  43.   Samdrup R. Wangchuk (DPT)
  44.   Karma Thinley (DPT)
  45.   Dupthob (DPT)
  46.   Gyambo Tshering (DPT)
  47.   Choki Gyeltshen (DPT)


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