Jigme Wangchuk | |
Office: | Deputy Chairman of the National Council of Bhutan |
Term Start: | 10 May 2018 |
Predecessor: | Tshering Dorji |
Office1: | Member of the National Council of Bhutan |
Term Start1: | 10 May 2018 |
Constituency1: | Samdrup Jongkhar |
Term Start2: | 2013 |
Term End2: | 2018 |
Constituency2: | Samdrup Jongkhar |
Term Start3: | 2008 |
Term End3: | 2013 |
Constituency3: | Samdrup Jongkhar |
Nationality: | Bhutanese |
Birth Date: | 4 March 1980[1] |
Birth Place: | Momring, Lauri, Samdrup Jongkhar |
Native Name: | འཇིགས་མེད་དབང་ཕྱུག། |
Native Name Lang: | dz |
Jigme Wangchuk (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་དབང་ཕྱུག།; born 4 March 1980) is a Bhutanese politician who is the current Deputy Chairman of the National Council of Bhutan. He has been a member of the National Council of Bhutan, since May 2018.[2] Previously, he was a member of the National Council of Bhutan from 2008 to 2013 and again from 2013 to 2018.
He was elected as Deputy Chairman of the National Council of Bhutan. He received 13 votes out of total 25 votes cast and defeated Ugyen Namgay.[3]