Paro

Ugyen Tshering (Votes Received in 2007: 2,886 votes)
Ugyen Tshering, 48, is resident of Shari gewog in Paro and elected to the National Council in 2007. He is a former General Manager of Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS).

Ugyen Tshering has a B.Com from Sherubtse College. He has undergone a film editing course with the Film and Television Institute of India’s FTT and post graduate course in film studies from the University of Waikato in New Zealand.

After 16 years of service he resigned as the General Manager of Program and Production Department of the BBS. His late father, Dasho Dorji Gyaltshen, alias Ado, was a Royal Advisory Councilor from 1993 to 1995.

He started his career with the then Development Support Communication Services and continued with the BBS where he was instrumental in the launch of television in Bhutan in 1999. He resigned from BBS seven years ago as the head of Radio/TV program productions.

He was born on April 10, 1965 in Dop Shari, Shari, Paro.
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Tshewang Norbu

Tshering Norbu, 53 from Lungyi gewog worked with Bhutan Development Bank ltd (BDBL) regional manager for the western part of the country.

He started his career with UNDP in 1986 and moved to Bhutan Development Finance Corporation in 1988 when the corporation was established that year.

He graduated with a bachelor’s in arts from Chandigarh, India, in 1985.

Kaka Tshering
He has 15 years of experience in education sector. He also worked as CEO in a private media company for two years.

Sonam Wangchuk
Former tour guide is nominee of Dop Shari block.

Ugyen Tshering
He completed his B.Com from Delhi University and worked in private companies for 17 years.