Ugyen Dorji (DPT politician)

This article is about the DPT politician. For other uses, see Ugyen Dorji (disambiguation).

Ugyen Dorji
Member of the National Assembly of Bhutan
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 October 2018
Preceded by	Mingbo Dukpa
Constituency	Dewathang Gomdar
In office 2008–2013
Succeeded by	Mingbo Dukpa
Constituency	Dewathang Gomdar
Personal details
Born	c. 1975 [1]
Nationality	Bhutanese
Political party	Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT)

Ugyen Dorji is a Bhutanese politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan, since October 2018. ^[2]

Education

He holds a Master's degree in Industrial and Employment Relations from Monash University, Australia. ^[3]

Political career

Dorji was elected to the National Assembly of Bhutan as a candidate of DPT in the 2008 Bhutanese National Assembly election. He received 5,610 votes and defeated Mingbo Dukpa, a candidate of PDP. ^[3]

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Bhutan as a candidate of DPT in the 2013 Bhutanese National Assembly election, but was unsuccessful. He received 2,205 votes and lost the seat to the same opponent Mingbo Dukpa. ^[3]

Wangchuk was elected to the National Assembly of Bhutan as a candidate of DPT from Dewathang Gomdar constituency in 2018 Bhutanese National Assembly election. He received 5,367 votes and defeated Thinley Namgay, a candidate of DNT. ^[4]

References

1. "Bhutan 2018 Elections". www.peldendrukpa.com.
2. "Hon. Ugyen Dorji". www.nab.gov.bt.
3. "DPT declares candidates from two constituencies in S/Jongkhar – Business Bhutan".
4. "DPT wins Zhemgang & Samdrup Jongkhar".