Dorjee Wangmo (; born ) is a Bhutanese politician who has been a member of the

National Assembly of Bhutan The National Assembly is the elected lower house of Bhutan's bicameral Parliament which also comprises the Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) and the National Council. It is the more powerful house. Current National Assembly The current National As ...

, since October 2018.

Education

She holds a

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degree in

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Political career

Prior to entering politics, she has served as an

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officer. Wangmo was elected to the

as a candidate of DNT from Sombaykha constituency in

2018 Bhutanese National Assembly election National Assembly elections were held in Bhutan in 2018; the first round was held on 15 September and the second round on 18 October. The ruling People's Democratic Party of former Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay came third in the first round of ...

. She received 1,536 votes and defeated Tshewang Rinzin, a candidate of

Druk Phuensum Tshogpa Druk Phuensum Tshogpa ( dz, འབྲུག་ཕུན་སུམ་ཚོགས་པ།; Wylie:'' 'brug phun-sum tshog-pa''; translation: Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party; abbr. DPT) is one of the major political parties in Bhutan. It wa ...

References

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