Jurmi Wangchuk 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 and professional career

He holds a Master's degree in international relations (specialization in human rights) from Goddard College, USA. He worked in the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva and

Department of Peacekeeping Operations The Department of Peace Operations (DPO) (French: ''Département des opérations de maintien de la paix'') is a department of the United Nations charged with the planning, preparation, management and direction of UN peacekeeping operations. Pre ...

, New York.

Political career

Wangchuk was elected to the

as a candidate of DNT from Drukjeygang Tseza constituency in the

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 ...

. He received 6,087 votes and defeated Migma Dorji, 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 ...

. On 7 December 2018, he was elected as the chairperson of the Human Rights and Foreign Relations Committee.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wangchuk, Jurmi Living people Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa politicians 1961 births Bhutanese MNAs 2018–2023 Goddard College alumni Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa MNAs