Sherub Gyeltshen Explained

Honorific-Prefix:	Lyonpo
Sherub Gyeltshen
Native Name:	ཤེས་རབ་རྒྱལ་མཚན།
Native Name Lang:	dz
Office:	Minister for Home and Cultural Affairs
Term Start:	7 November 2018
Term End:	6 May 2021
Primeminister:	Lotay Tshering
Predecessor:	Dawa Gyeltshen
Office1:	Member of the National Assembly of Bhutan
Term Start1:	31 October 2018
Term End1:	6 May 2021
Predecessor1:	Jigme Zangpo
Successor1:	Karma Lhamo
Constituency1:	Monggar
Office2:	Vice President of Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa
Term Start2:	14 May 2018
Term End2:	May 2021
Birth Date:	^[1] ^[2]
Party:	Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa

Dasho Sherub Gyeltshen (Dzongkha: དྲག་ཤོས་ཤེས་རབ་རྒྱལ་མཚན།; born)^{[1] [2]} is a Bhutanese politician who served as the Minister for Home and Cultural Affairs from November 2018 to 6 May 2021 when he resigned.^{[3] [1] [4] [5]} He was a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan from October 2018 to May 6, 2021.

Career

Gyeltshen worked with the Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs for 11 years. On 24 April 1991, he was appointed as Dzongdag for Lhuntse District and also served as the Dzongdag for Samtse District and Thimphu District. He has also served as justice of High Court of Bhutan and also served as a Secretary of Dzongkha Development Commission.^{[6] [1] [2]}

On 14 May 2018, Gyeltshen received 1,086 votes and was elected as the vice president of the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) just five months before the Third National Assembly Election.^[7]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Bhutan in the 2018 elections for the Monggar constituency.^[1] He received 3,763 votes and defeated Karma Lhamo, a candidate of DPT.^[8]

On 3 November, Lotay Tshering formally announced his cabinet structure and Gyeltshen was named as the Minister for Home and Cultural Affairs.^[1] On 7 November 2018, he was sworn in as Minister for Home and Cultural Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Lotay Tshering.^[9] On 27 August 2019, he was convicted by the Thimphu dzongkhag court for a false insurance claim.^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bhutan's Newly Elected Prime Minister Lotay Tshering Unveiled The 10 Cabinet Ministers On 3 November 2018. www.bhutantimes.com.
2. Web site: Bhutan 2018 Elections. www.peldendrukpa.com.
3. Web site: Gortsum Primary School . lhuentse.gov.bt . Royal Government of Bhutan.
4. Web site: HM confers Dakyen to Cabinet ministers, Speaker, and OL – KuenselOnline. www.kuenselonline.com.
5. Web site: 2021-04-03. Home Minister submits resignation letter to PM. 2021-05-06. BBS. en-US.
6. Web site: Dasho Sherub Gyeltshen, Hon. Secretary for Dzongkha Development Commission superannuates - Royal Civil Service Commission. www.rcsc.gov.bt.
7. Web site: DNT elects Dr. Lotay Tshering as President and Dasho Sherub Gyeltshen as Vice President. 14 May 2018.
8. https://www.bhutannewsnetwork.com/2018/10/live-election-results/ Live election results
9. Web site: PM Lotay Tshering's Cabinet inaugurated in Bhutan – United News of India. www.uniindia.com.
10. Web site: Thimphu dzongkhag court convicts six, including home minister . Kuensel.