Sangay Ngedup was born in Nobgang village in Punakha. He is the second child and eldest son in a family of three brothers and six sisters.[1] Four of his sisters are married to the former King of Bhutan,Jigme Singye Wangchuck.
His father,Yab Dasho Ugyen Dorji (1925–2019),was the Founder and Proprietor of Ugyen Academy (03/04/2002).[2] His mother is Yum Thuiji Zam (b. 1932).
In 1977,Lyonpo Sangay Ngedup served at the permanent mission of Bhutan to the United Nations in New York and later as second (and later first) secretary in the Royal Bhutan Embassy in New Delhi. In 1989,Lyonpo Sangay Ngedup was appointed as Ambassador to Kuwait.
He was transferred as the Director of Trade and Industry in 1989 and then as the joint secretary of the Planning Commission in April 1991. He became the Director General of Health in 1992. In 1998 he became Minister of Health and Education,and he served as Prime Minister from July 9,1999,until July 20,2000. He was Minister of Agriculture from 2003 to 2007,and on September 5,2005,was appointed as Prime Minister again,serving until September 7,2006. In July 2007 he resigned from the government,together with Prime Minister LyonpoKhandu Wangchuk and five other ministers,to enter politics and prepare for the country's first ever democratic election in 2008.[3]Lyonpo Sangay Ngedup,whose demonstrated leadership style is democratic,was unanimously elected as president and leader of the newly constituted People's Democratic Party.
In his presidential debate,the first ever held in February 2008,Lyonpo Sangay Ngedup has promised that,if he wins the election,he would base his policies of governing on Gross National Happiness (GNH),a philosophy (coined by the fourth king Jigme Singye Wangchuck,his brother-in-law) that states that happiness is more important than material growth for the people.
He led his party during the election,held on March 24,2008,but lost in his own constituency;the People's Democratic Party took only two seats of a possible 47 in the National Assembly.[4]
In 2002 he undertook with six other members the Move for Health Walk from Trashigang to the capital city of Thimphu covering on foot a distance of 560km concluded successfully as scheduled. The Walk was conceived by Lyonpo Sangay Ngedup to promote the fund-raising for the Bhutan Health Trust FundArchived 2008-06-15 at theWayback Machine ,an important initiative to keep the primary health services of Bhutan free of charge.
Jigme Singye Wangchuck is a member of the House of Wangchuck who was the king of Bhutan from 1972 until his abdication in 2006. During his reign, he advocated the use of a Gross National Happiness index to measure the well-being of citizens rather than Gross domestic product.
Jigme Wangchuck was the 2nd Druk Gyalpo or king of Bhutan from 26 August 1926, until his death. He pursued legal and infrastructural reform during his reign. Bhutan continued to maintain almost complete isolation from the outside world during this period; its only foreign relations were with the British Raj in India, which they were referred as a protected state, similar to Sikkim. He was succeeded by his son, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck.
DashoLhendup Dorji was a member of the Dorji family of Bhutan. He was also the brother of the Queen of Bhutan, Ashi Kesang choden and uncle to the fourth king of Bhutan, King Jigme Singye Wangchuck. He served as acting Lyonchen following the assassination of his brother, Lyonchen Jigme Palden Dorji, on April 5, 1964.
The line of succession to the throne of Bhutan is based on the constitution of Bhutan. Currently the line of succession is according to male-preference cognatic primogeniture with males preceding females who are in the same degree of kinship. If the heir apparent has reached the age of majority of 21, the monarch would step down at age 65. If the heir apparent and the nearest people in the line of succession are deemed unsuitable, it is up to the monarch to decide who will be the next heir. If the monarch violates the constitution, they must abdicate.
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