Trongsa
District: TRONGSA
Total Voters: 9,373
Constituency: Nubi-Tangsibji
Political Party: Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT)
Candidate: Nidup Zangpo
Date of Birth: April 14 1979
Qualification: Bachelors of Arts (Geography Honours)
2008 Elections
Votes: 1,844
Total voters: 2,453
Nidup Zangpo graduated from Sherubtse College, Kanglung with Bachelors of Arts (Geography Hons) in 2000. He is in the first group of well trained luxury hotel management personnel. He served in various portfolios at the Amankora and was Lodge Manager before he retired to join the Party.
He is highly specialized in hospitality management. He is married and they have a daughter.
Political Party: Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT)
Candidate: Yeshey Penjor
Date of Birth: 48 years
Qualification:
He has long years of involvement in climate change issues and expected it would be an asset to address the issue of the rural poor, who are confronted by climate change.
He would like to focus on amending Forest and Nature Conservation Act 1995 “to ease the restrictions of farmers protecting their crops”.
Political Party: People’s Democratic Party (PDP)
Candidate: Kaentsho Sumpai Dhendup
Date of Birth: 54 years BSc
Qualification:
Kaentsho Sumpai Dhendup worked in Ministry of Economic affairs for 13 years and was working as the Chief Executive Officer of Bhutan Polythene Company Limited.
He has got Bachelors in Science (B.Sc) and Post Graduate Diploma in International Trade and Diploma in Import Operations and Techniques from Helsinki School of Economics.
Political Party: Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT)
Candidate: Kencho Tashi
Date of Birth: 29 years
Qualification: Bachelors Degree in Computer Applications
Twenty nine-year-old, Kencho Tashi will contest from Nubi-Tangsibji Constituency in Trongsa.
With a Bachelors Degree in Computer Applications, Kencho Tashi resigned from a private firm to join DCT.
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Constituency: Drakteng-Langthel
Political Party: Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT)
Candidate: Rinchen Dorji
Date of Birth: July 12, 1979
Qualification: MA from World Buddhist University
2008 Elections
Votes: 2,099
Total voters: 3,169
Rinchen Dorji graduated from Sherubtse College in 2001 with Bachelor of Arts and obtained a Master of Arts degree from World Buddhist University Thailand in 2005.
He worked as Head Legal Division under Pension Fund and was appointed as Dzongkha Advisor under Royal Audit Authority in 2006. He was trained in provision of social security and provident fund mechanism and holds functional legal knowledge.
Rinchen always topped his class and was the recipient of President’s Gold Medal for Academic Excellency in 2001. He has translated over 15 acts and several rules/regulation. He holds a professional translator title and has co-authored the book, ‘Living Bhutanese Way’. A versatile personality, he is a good dramatist and an actor. He is married and they have a son.
Political Party: Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT)
Candidate: Kezang Norbu
Date of Birth: 27 years
Qualification:
For Kezang Norbu, 27-year-old, politics is an opportunity that he wants to use to contribute to the greater cause of the nation.
He worked as an enumerator for poverty rate survey at National Statistic Bureau (NSB), and has almost three years of experience as a freelance tour guide.
Political Party: People’s Democratic Party (PDP)
Candidate: Namgay Dorji
Date of Birth: 45 years
Qualification:
A Banker and a Lawyer, Namgay Dorji, who did his B Com and LLB, re-contests from Drakteng-Langthel Constituency in Trongsa.
Political Party: Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT)
Candidate: Pema Zangmo
Date of Birth: 28 years
Qualification: BBM
Holding a bachelors degree in business management with computer application from India, she has worked with Bhutan Development Bank for six months.
Pema Zangmo is one of the advocate of youths and women issues in the country.