Honorific-Prefix: | Lyonpo Dr. |
Tandi Dorji | |
Native Name Lang: | dz |
Office: | Foreign Minister for Bhutan |
Term Start: | 7 November 2018 |
Term End: | 28 January 2024 |
Primeminister: | Lotay Tshering |
Predecessor: | Damcho Dorji |
Successor: | D. N. Dhungyel |
Office1: | Member of the National Assembly of Bhutan |
Term Start1: | 31 October 2018 |
Predecessor1: | Chimi Dorji |
Constituency1: | Lingmukha-Toedwang |
Birth Date: | 2 September 1968[1] |
Alma Mater: | University of Dhaka University of Sydney University of Canberra |
Party: | Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa |
Tandi Dorji (Dzongkha: རྟ་མགྲིན་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wylie : Rta mgrin rdo rje; born 2 September 1968)[2] is a Bhutanese politician who served as Foreign Minister for Bhutan from November 2018 to 2024.[3] [4] He has been a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan, since October 2018.
He holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree from Mymensingh Medical College under the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.[5] [6] He undertook his residency in Paediatrics from Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) in Pune India. He completed his Master of International Public Health from University of Sydney, Australia[7] and Master of Business Administration from University of Canberra, Australia.[5]
Before entering politics, he was a pediatrician,[8] [9] public health researcher and a technical advisor.[10]
Dorji is a founding member and former president of the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa.[5] He participated in the 2008 and 2013 elections.[11] He was elected to the National Assembly of Bhutan in the 2018 elections for the Lingmukha Toedwang constituency.[3] He received 3,154 votes and defeated Sonam Wangyel Wang, a candidate of DPT.[12]
On 3 November, Lotay Tshering formally announced his cabinet structure and Tandi was named as Foreign Minister for Bhutan.[3] On 7 November 2018, he was sworn in as Foreign Minister for Bhutan in the cabinet of Prime Minister Lotay Tshering.[13]