Sherub Gyeltshen
Lyonpo Sherub Gyeltshen | |
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ཤེས་རབ་རྒྱལ་མཚན། | |
National Assembly of Bhutan | |
| In office 31 October 2018 – 6 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Jigme Zangpo |
| Succeeded by | Karma Lhamo |
| Constituency | Monggar |
| Vice President of Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa | |
| In office 14 May 2018 – May 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1955[1][2] |
| Political party | Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa |
| Alma mater | University of Punjab, India (BA in Political Science and Public Administration)[2] |
Dzongkha: དྲག་ཤོས་ཤེས་རབ་རྒྱལ་མཚན།; born c. 1955)[1][2] is a Bhutanese politician who served as the Minister for Home and Cultural Affairs from November 2018 to 6 May 2021 when he resigned.[3][1][4][5] He was a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan from October 2018 to May 6, 2021.
Career
Gyeltshen worked with the
Dzongdag for Lhuntse District and also served as the Dzongdag for Samtse District and Thimphu District. He has also served as justice of High Court of Bhutan and also served as a Secretary of Dzongkha Development Commission.[6][1][2]
On 14 May 2018, Gyeltshen received 1,086 votes and was elected as the vice president of the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) just five months before the Third National Assembly Election.[7]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Bhutan in the 2018 elections for the Monggar constituency.[1] He received 3,763 votes and defeated Karma Lhamo, a candidate of DPT.[8]
On 3 November,
dzongkhag court for a false insurance claim.[10]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Bhutan's Newly Elected Prime Minister Lotay Tshering Unveiled The 10 Cabinet Ministers On 3 November 2018". www.bhutantimes.com.
- ^ a b c d "Bhutan 2018 Elections". www.peldendrukpa.com.
- Royal Government of Bhutan.
- ^ "HM confers Dakyen to Cabinet ministers, Speaker, and OL – KuenselOnline". www.kuenselonline.com.
- ^ "Home Minister submits resignation letter to PM". BBS. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Dasho Sherub Gyeltshen, Hon. Secretary for Dzongkha Development Commission superannuates - Royal Civil Service Commission". www.rcsc.gov.bt.
- ^ "DNT elects Dr. Lotay Tshering as President and Dasho Sherub Gyeltshen as Vice President". 14 May 2018.
- ^ Live election results Bhutan News Network
- ^ "PM Lotay Tshering's Cabinet inaugurated in Bhutan – United News of India". www.uniindia.com.
- ^ "Thimphu dzongkhag court convicts six, including home minister". Kuensel.