Lotay Tshering
Lotay Tshering | |
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བློ་གྲོས་ཚེ་རིང་ | |
Tshering in 2023 | |
| Prime Minister of Bhutan | |
| In office 7 November 2018 – 1 November 2023 | |
| Monarch | Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck |
| Preceded by | Tshering Wangchuk (as Chief Advisor) |
| Succeeded by | Chogyal Dago Rigdzin (as Chief Advisor) |
| President of Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa | |
| In office 14 May 2018 – January 2025 | |
| Deputy | Sherab Gyaltshen |
| Preceded by | Tandi Dorji |
| Member of the National Assembly of Bhutan | |
| In office 31 October 2018 – November 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Yeshi Zimba |
| Constituency | South Thimphu |
| Majority | 3,662 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 May 1969 |
| Party | Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa |
| Spouse | Ugyen Dema |
| Children | 3 (two adopted) |
| Alma mater | Mymensingh Medical College (MBBS) Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (FCPS) Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (MS) University of Canberra (MBA) |
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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).