Tashi Dorji | |
Native Name: | བཀྲིས་རྡོ་རྗེ། |
Office: | Chairman of the National Council of Bhutan |
Term Start: | 10 May 2018 |
Term End: | 10 May 2023 |
Predecessor: | Sonam Kinga |
Successor: | Sangay Dorji |
Deputy: | Jigme Wangchuk |
Office1: | Member of the National Council of Bhutan |
Term Start1: | 10 May 2018 |
Term End1: | 10 May 2023 |
Predecessor1: | himself |
Constituency1: | Wangdue Phodrang |
Term Start2: | 2013 |
Term End2: | 2018 |
Predecessor2: | Sonam Yangchen |
Constituency2: | Wangdue Phodrang |
Birth Date: | 3 October 1981[1] |
Birth Place: | Agokha, Ruebisa, Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan |
Tashi Dorji (dz|བཀྲིས་རྡོ་རྗེ།; born 3 October 1981) is a Bhutanese politician who was the Chairman of the National Council of Bhutan from May 2018 to May 2023. 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 2013 to 2018. He is the youngest Chairman of the Upper house of Bhutan.[3]
He was elected as Chairman of the National Council of Bhutan. He received 11 votes out of total 25 votes cast and defeated Lhatu and Nima.[3]
While deliberating the Pay Structure Reform Bill 2022 on 29th November 2022, Tashi Dorji ordered Gasa MP Dorji Khandu to leave the hall for comparing the Housing Allowance for low-income civil servants and Communication Allowance for high-income civil servants. Gasa MP was subsequently suspended from attending the NC assembly until the adoption of the Pay Structure Reform Bill 2022 [4] which attracted public criticism.