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Lotay Tshering
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Key facts
- Monarch
- Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
- Preceded by
- Tshering Wangchuk (as Chief Advisor)
- Succeeded by
- Chogyal Dago Rigdzin (as Chief Advisor)
- Deputy
- Sherab Gyaltshen
- Constituency
- South Thimphu
- Majority
- 3,662
- Born
- ( 1969-05-10 ) 10 May 1969 (age 57)
- Party
- Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa
- Spouse
- Ugyen Dema
- Children
- 3 (two adopted)
- Alma mater
- Mymensingh Medical College ( MBBS ), Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (FCPS), Bangladesh Medical University (MS), University of Canberra ( MBA )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Bhutan
- Place of birth
- Thimphu
- Occupation
- physician
- Educated at
- Sherubtse College
- Political party
- Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa
- Native language
- Dzongkha
- Image
- Lotay Tshering - 2023 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- date of birth
- 1969-05-10
- name in native language
- བློ་གྲོས་ཚེ་རིང
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- Lotay Tshering
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Encyclopedic overview
Lotay Tshering (Dzongkha: བློ་གྲོས་ཚེ་རིང་; born 10 May 1969) is a Bhutanese politician and surgeon who served as the prime minister of Bhutan, from 7 November 2018 to 1 November 2023. He was the president of Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) political party from 14 May 2018 until his resignation in 2025.
The president of DNT Dasho Dr. Lotay Tshering resigned from the party and politics ending his 11-year political career. Dasho was appointed as the Governor of GMC at Dungkar Dzong in Paro on 1 October 2024 following a recommendation from the Board of Directors of the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC).
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