Jamyang Tsering Namgyal (born 4 August 1985) is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from

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, India's largest parliamentary seat geographically. Namgyal was elected, on 9 November 2018, to be the youngest and 8th Chief Executive Councillor (CEC) of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh. He belongs to the

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(BJP).

Early life

Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, popularly known to people as JTN, was born in Matho village in the

Leh District Leh district is a district in the union territory of Ladakh, India. With an area of 45,110 ''km'2'', it is the second largest district in the country smaller only to Kutch. It is bounded on the north by Gilgit-Baltistan's Kharmang and Gha ...

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(present day in

, India) on 4th August, 1985 to Stanzin Dorjey and Ishey Putit. He passed his 12th examinations from Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Leh. Later he completed his graduation from

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. He practices

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Political career

Prior to joining politics, he served All Ladakh Student Association, Jammu, in various capacities and as President from 2011 to 2012. After joining politics as member of BJP, Leh, he served as Private Secretary to the

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from Ladakh

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. He contested the election of

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in 2015 from ''Martselang Constituency''. He won with record margin to be elected as Councillor in Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh. Later after the resignation of Dorjay Motup from the post of Chief Executive Councillor, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal was elected as 8th Chief Executive Councillor to the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh. BJP had fielded JTN from Ladakh parliamentary constituency on 29 March 2019 in the 2019 Elections to the Lok Sabha or House of the People of Indian Parliament, the voting for which took place on 6 May 2019 and the counting was on 23 May 2019. He was elected into the

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, representing Ladakh constituency. He is one of the 3 members from BJP in the Union Territories of Jammu-Kashmir and

for the 17th Lok Sabha. MP Tsering gained prominence in media and social media after his speech in the lower house of the Indian parliament in support of the bill ensuring re-designation of Ladakh as a Union Territory of India, and the revocation of special status lent to Jammu and Kashmir by a Presidential order. For this, he was also praised by the

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Published works

* Authored and published a poetry book "༄། །སྙན་ངག་གི་ལེགས་སྐྱེས།། A Gift of Poetry" in 2013 * Authored an article "Divisional Status for Ladakh- Its Implication" published on 11 March 2014 by Daily Excelsior * Authored article "Inclusion of Bhoti Language in the Eight Schedule of Indian Constitution" published by Himalayan Cultural Heritage Foundation as its main story of the year 2012

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Namgyal Tsering, Jamyang 1985 births Living people Indian politicians People from Leh district Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Ladakh Lok Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir India MPs 2019–present Indian Buddhists Ladakh politicians University of Jammu alumni