Wangchuk Namgyel

Wangchuk Namgyel (Dzongkha: དབང་ཕྱུག་རྣམ་རྒྱལ།; born c.1964)[1] is a Bhutanese educationist and politician who is the current Speaker of the National Assembly of Bhutan, in office since November 2018.[2][3] He has been a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan, since October 2018.[4]

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Wangchuk Namgyel
དབང་ཕྱུག་རྣམ་རྒྱལ།
Speaker of the National Assembly of Bhutan
Assumed office
7 November 2018
Prime MinisterLotay Tshering
DeputyTshencho Wangdi
Preceded byJigme Zangpo
Member of the National Assembly of Bhutan
Assumed office
31 October 2018
Preceded byKuenga
ConstituencyNyishog-Saephu
Personal details
Bornc.1964[1]
Political partyDruk Nyamrup Tshogpa

Early life and education

Namgyel was born on c.1964[1][5] or c.1963.[6]

He graduated from the University of Madras, India and received a degree of Master of Arts in History. He also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Education from National Institute of Education, Samtse.[5][6]

Career

Professional career

Namgyel started his professional career 27 years ago. He was a former headmaster of four high schools and also served as the chief of school monitoring in the education ministry.[6][5]

Political career

Namgyel is a member of Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT).[1] He was elected to the National Assembly of Bhutan as a candidate of DNT from Nyishog-Saephu constituency in the 2018 Bhutanese National Assembly election.[7] He received 4,388 votes and defeated Chimmi Jamtsho, a candidate of DPT.[8]

On 30 October 2018, he was nominated by DNT for the office of the Speaker of the National Assembly of Bhutan.[9] On 31 October 2018, he was elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Bhutan. He received 30 votes[6] against 17 votes of Ugyen Wangdi.[7]

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