Honorific-Prefix: | Lyonpo |
Yeshey Penjor | |
Native Name Lang: | dz |
Office: | Minister for Agriculture and Forests |
Term Start: | 7 November 2018 |
Primeminister: | Lotay Tshering |
Predecessor: | Yeshey Dorji |
Office1: | Member of the National Assembly of Bhutan |
Term Start1: | 31 October 2018 |
Predecessor1: | Nidup Zangpo |
Constituency1: | Nubi-Tangsibji |
Birth Date: | [1] |
Party: | Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa |
Yeshey Penjor [1] is a Bhutanese politician who has been Minister for Agriculture and Forests since November 2018.[2] [3] [4] He has been a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan, since October 2018.[5]
Penjor was born on .[1]
He graduated from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand and received a degree of Master of Science in Environment and Management.[1]
Before joining politics, he has served as the Project Director of Green Public Procurement Project[6] and has served as Climate Change Policy Advisor with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) of Bhutan and the National Environment Commission.[2]
Penjor is a member Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT).[5] He was elected to the National Assembly of Bhutan in the 2018 elections for the Nubi-Tangsibji constituency.[2] On 3 November, Lotay Tshering formally announced his cabinet structure and Penjor was named as Minister for Agriculture and Forests.[2] On 7 November 2018, he was sworn in as Minister for Agriculture and Forests in the cabinet of Prime Minister Lotay Tshering.[7]