Honorific-Prefix: | Lyonpo |
Dorji Tshering | |
Native Name Lang: | dz |
Office: | Minister for Works and Human Settlement |
Term Start: | 7 November 2018 |
Primeminister: | Lotay Tshering |
Predecessor: | Dorji Choden |
Office1: | Member of the National Assembly of Bhutan |
Term Start1: | 31 October 2018 |
Predecessor1: | Jigme Wangchuk |
Constituency1: | Radhi-Sakteng |
Alma Mater: | Bengal Engineering College Edith Cowan University |
Party: | Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa |
Dorji Tshering is a Bhutanese politician who has been Minister for Works and Human Settlement since November 2018.[1] [2] He has been a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan, since October 2018.[3]
Tshering was born .[4]
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 Edith Cowan University, Australia.[5]
Before joining politics, he served as the executive engineer and deputy executive engineer in the Ministry of Works and Human Settlement for seven years.[5]
Tshering is a member of Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa.[4] He was elected to the National Assembly of Bhutan in the 2018 elections for the Radhi-Sakteng constituency.[6] He received 3,550 votes and defeated Tashi Dorji, a candidate of Druk Phuensum Tshogpa.[7]
On 3 November, Lotay Tshering formally announced his cabinet structure and Dorji Tshering was named as Minister for Works and Human Settlement.[8] On 7 November 2018, he was sworn in as Minister for Works and Human Settlement in the cabinet of Prime Minister Lotay Tshering.[1]