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Tandi Dorji
Foreign Minister for Bhutan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tandi Dorji (Dzongkha: རྟ་མགྲིན་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wylie: rta mgrin rdo rje; born 2 September 1968)[1] is a Bhutanese politician who served as Foreign Minister for Bhutan from November 2018 to 2024.[2][3] He was a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan from October 2018 to November 2023.
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Education
He holds an MBBS degree from Mymensingh Medical College in Bangladesh.[4][5] 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[6] and Master of Business Administration from University of Canberra, Australia.[4]
Political career
Before entering politics, he was a pediatrician,[7][8] public health researcher and a technical advisor.[9]
Dorji is a founding member and former president of the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa.[4] He participated in the 2008 and 2013 elections.[10] He was elected to the National Assembly of Bhutan in the 2018 elections for the Lingmukha Toedwang constituency.[2] He received 3,154 votes and defeated Sonam Wangyel Wang, a candidate of DPT.[11]
On 3 November, Lotay Tshering formally announced his cabinet structure and Tandi was named as Foreign Minister for Bhutan.[2] On 7 November 2018, he was sworn in as Foreign Minister for Bhutan in the cabinet of Prime Minister Lotay Tshering.[12]
During his time as Foreign Minister, Dorji called for climate financing and reaffirmed that Bhutan would comit to carbon neutrality.[13] He also advocated for reforms of the UN Security Council, specifically by granting additional permanent seats for India, Japan, an African Union country, and more non-permanent countries.[14]
In August 2025, the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa appointed Dorji as interim president of the party.[15]
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Honours
Bhutan :
The Royal Orange Scarf (3 November 2018).
The Royal Red Scarf (17 December 2022).[16]
References
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