Gasa

Sangay Khandu (Votes Received in 2007: 636 votes)
Sangay Khandu, 34, is the son of former Royal Advisory Councilor. Sangay Khandu has a B.Com honors from Kanglung Sherubtse College and an MBA from Thailand. He worked in various organizations like the RMA, BPCL and International Trade Centre in Geneva before resigning to contest for the post of a councilor in 2007. He was the only candidate from the district and got elected. He worked with National Project Coordinator, International Trade Centre (UNCTAD/WTO), Geneva, Switzerland in 2006-2008 and Manager-Performance Management System and Performance Based Incentive System, Bhutan Power Corporation Ltd (BPC) in 2005-2006, Assistant Foreign Exchange Officer, Royal Monetary Authority (RMA), Central Bank in 2001-2002. He was born on December 15, 1978 in Choling, Khatoe, Gasa

Tenzin
Tenzin, who had served as Gewog Administrative Officer (GAO) of Soe gewog under Lingzhi dungkhag is nominee of Laya.

The 32-year-old has an Honour’s degree in Geography from Sherubtse college and three years of work experience in civil service.

After completing his fifth grade, Tenzin said he encountered a situation where he had to make his own living while pursuing school at the same time. Having endured a lot and having worked in a remote place like Lingzhi, Tenzin said he understood the problems people in remote communities faced.

Yeshey Dorji
Yeshey Dorji was a teacher at Bjishong middle secondary school for three years and taught geography and history. He also worked part time as a tourist guide.

Yeshey graduated from Manipal University with a bachelor’s in business administration (BBA) in 2007, and resigned from teaching in 2011.