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Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainous ...

ese given name and surname. Dorji or Dorjee may also refer to:

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Dorji Choden ''Aum'' Dorji Choden (born 5 December 1960) is a Bhutanese politician. She was appointed minister of Bhutan's Works and Human Settlement Ministry in 2013, making her the first woman to serve as a minister in Bhutanese cabinet. Education She rece ...

(born 1960), Bhutanese politician *

Dorji Dema Dorji Dema (born October 16, 1983) is an athlete from Bhutan who competes in archery. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Dema finished her ranking round with a total of 567 points. This gave her the 61st seed for the final competition bracket ...

(born 1983), Bhutanese archer *

Dorjee Khandu Dorjee Khandu (19 March 1955 – 30 April 2011) was an Indian politician who served as Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh. He was re elected in 2009 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections. Personal life ;Early life Dorjee Khandu was b ...

(1955–2011), Indian politician *

Dorji Namgyal Dorji Namgyal was a Bhutanese Penlop. He worked as a public servant from an early age and eventually became the Penlop of Trongsa, and was appointed ''Druk Desi'' (1831–1832). He died while repairing Punakha Dzong The Punakha Dzong, also know ...

, Bhutanese politician *

Dorjee Sun Dorjee Sun (born 1977) is a social entrepreneur based in Singapore. His work for Carbon Conservation was the subject of the international feature documentary '' The Burning Season'' in 2008. He currently serves as director of Who Gives, Carbon A ...

(born 1977), social entrepreneur and LGBT rights activist based in Singapore *

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck Jigme Dorji Wangchuck ( dz, འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་ འཇིགས་མེད་རྡོ་རྗེ་དབང་ཕྱུག་མཆོག་, ; 2 May 1928 – 21 July 1972) was the 3rd Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan. He began ...

(1929–1972), Bhutanese monarch **

Jigme Dorji National Park The Jigme Dorji National Park (JDNP), named after the late Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, is the second-largest National Park of Bhutan. It occupies almost the entire Gasa District, as well as the northern areas of Thimphu District, Paro District, Puna ...

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (born 1986) Prince ''Gyaltshab'' Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (born 12 April 1986) is the third eldest Prince of Bhutan. His brother Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck became the king following the abdication of his father on 14 December 2006. Prince Jigme Dorji is ...

, Prince of Bhutan * Dorji Wangchuk (born 1967), Bhutanese Tibetologist *

Dorji Wangdi Dorji Wangdi (born 15 August 1969) is a Bhutanese politician who has been the leader of the Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party since 2020, and a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan, since 2008. He is currently the Opposition Leader of Bhutan ...

, Bhutanese politician *

Dorji Wangmo Queen Mother Dorji Wangmo (Dzongkha: རྡོ་རྗེ་དབང་མོ་དབང་ཕྱུག་; Wylie: ''Rdo-rje Dbang-mo Dbang-phyug'') (born 10 June 1955, second daughter of ''Yab Dasho'' Ugyen Dorji and ''Yum'' Thuji Zam) is ...

(born 1955), Bhutanese royalty * Dorji Yangki, Bhutanese architect

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* Ap Chuni Dorji, Bhutanese poet * Chenkyab Dorji, Bhutanese diplomat * Chimi Dorji (born 1993), Bhutanese footballer *

Damcho Dorji Damcho Dorji (born ) is a Bhutanese politician who served as Home Minister and Foreign Minister of Bhutan, in Tobgay cabinet from August 2013 to 2018. Early life and education Born in Khailo, Gasa in 1965, Dorji studied at Punakha High School ...

(born 1965), Bhutanese politician *

Dorji family The Dorji family (Dzongkha: རྡོ་རྗེ་; Wylie: ''Rdo-rje'') of Bhutan has been a prominent and powerful political family in the kingdom since the 12th century AD. The family has produced monarchs, Prime Minister of Bhutan, Prime Min ...

, a Bhutanese political family *

Hans Dorjee Hans Dorjee (26 July 1941 – 25 July 2002) was a Dutch professional football player and manager. Playing career Dorjee came through the youth system of hometown club DHC to make his senior debut for the club aged only 17.Jigme Palden Dorji (1919–1964), Bhutanese politician, member of the Dorji family *

Jigme Tshering Dorji Jigme Tshering Dorji (also spelled as Dorjee) is a Bhutanese international footballer. He made his first appearance for the Bhutan national football team The Bhutan national football team represents Bhutan in international men's football. T ...

(born 1995), Bhutanese footballer *

Kazi Lhendup Dorjee Kazi Lhendup Dorjee (11 October 1904 – 28 July 2007), also spelled Lhendup Dorji or Lhendup Dorji Khangsarpa, was the first chief minister of Sikkim from 1975 to 1979 after its union with India. Early life Lhendup Dorjee was born in 1904 in P ...

(1904–2007), Indian politician *

Kelly Dorji Kalden "Kelly" Sonam Dorji (born 4 January 1971) is a Bhutanese actor, model, and artist who works primarily in Indian movies. Early life Dorji's father is Lynpo Paljor Dorji, widely known as Dasho Benji, the permanent advisor to Bhutan's Nation ...

, Bhutanese actor and model *

Kezang Dorji Kezang Dorji (born October 22, 1989) is a Bhutanese rapper, social worker, and a youth icon. He was named "The Rising Star of Bhutan" in 2016 by ''Kuensel''. He is also the recipient of the prestigious South Asian Youth Award 2018. Kezang is the ...

(born 1989), Bhutanese rapper and social worker *

Kinley Dorji '' Dasho'' Kinley Dorji (Dzongkha: ཀུན་ལེགས་རྡོ་རྗེ་; Wylie: ''Kun-legs Rdo-rje'') was Bhutan's first trained journalist who became founder, then managing director and editor in chief of ''Kuensel,'' Bhutan's na ...

, Bhutanese ministry official *

Kinley Dorji (footballer) Kinley Dorji (born 30 August 1986) is a Bhutanese international footballer and manager who last played for Ugyen Academy. He made his first appearance for the Bhutan national football team The Bhutan national football team represents Bhutan ...

, Bhutanese footballer *

Kinzang Dorji ''Lyonpo'' Kinzang Dorji (born 19 February 1951) is a two-time former Prime Minister of Bhutan from 2002 to 2003 and again from 2007 to 2008. He was the chairman of Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan The Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan ( d ...

(born 1951), Prime Minister of Bhutan *

Lam Dorji Lam Dorji (23 October 1933 – 27 April 2020) was the Chief Operations Officer (COO) of the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) from 1964 to 2005. He was succeeded by Batoo Tshering on 1 November 2005. Military career Lam Dorji was born in Haa. He graduated ...

(born 1933), Chief Operations Officer of the Royal Bhutan Army *

Lama Dorji Lama Dorji, or Lama Darja (; mn, Лхамдаржаа; 1726 or 1728–1753) was a mid-eighteenth century khan or ruler of the Dzungar Khanate, a confederation of Mongol tribes that ruled over most of present-day Xinjiang and part of eastern Kazakhs ...

(1728–1753), ruler of the Dzungar Khanate *

Lhendup Dorji ''Dasho'' Lhendup Dorji (6 October 1935 – 15 April 2007) was a member of the Dorji family of Bhutan. He was also the brother of the Queen of Bhutan, Ashi Kesang choden and uncle to the fourth king of Bhutan, King Jigme Singye Wangchuck. He s ...

(1935–2007), Prime Minister of Bhutan, member of the Dorji family *

Lhendup Dorji (footballer) Lhendup Dorji is a Bhutanese international footballer who currently plays for Lonestar Kashmir FC in the I-League 2nd Division. Career Club career Winning hearts of his natives in Paro for being best footballer, he began playing school and club ...

, Bhutanese footballer *

Mayeum Choying Wangmo Dorji '' Rani'' Mayeum Choying Wangmo Dorji was the mother of Queen Grandmother ''Ashi'' Kesang Choden of Bhutan. She was Choying Wangmo Dorji by her marriage. She is best known for designing the Flag of Bhutan. She died in 1994. Work Mayeum Choy ...

, Bhutanese royalty * Nim Dorjee Tamang (born 1995), Indian footballer *

Pasang Dorjee Sona Pasang Dorjee Sona (born 6 November 1972) is an Indian politician from the state of Arunachal Pradesh. He represents 33rd Mechukha Assembly constituency. Sona was elected for 3rd consecutive time as MLA from 33rd Mechukha Assembly Constituency ...

, Indian politician *

Pawo Choyning Dorji Pawo Choyning Dorji ( dz, དཔའ་བོ་ཆོས་དབྱིངས་རྡོ་རྗི།; born 23 June 1983) is a Bhutanese filmmaker and photographer. His feature directorial debut '' Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom'' (2019) was n ...

(born 1983), Bhutanese filmmaker and photographer *

Pem Dorjee Sherpa Pem Dorjee ( ne, पेम्दोर्जी शेर्पा ; born 1982) is a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer born in Chyangba, a small, remote village south of Mount Everest in Khumbu, Nepal. Pem Dorjee has climbed Mount Everest two times ...

(born 1982), Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer *

Pema Dorji (doctor) Pema Dorji ( dz, དྲུང་འཚོ་པདྨ་རྡོ་རྗེ; 1936-2009) was a Bhutanese doctor (''drungtsho'') of traditional Bhutanese and Tibetan medicine, was the first person to institutionalize traditional medicine in Bhutan. ...

(1936–2009), Bhutanese doctor *

Pema Dorji (footballer) Pema Dorji (Dzongkha: དྲུང་འཚོ་པདྨ་རྡོ་རྗེ; 5 July 1985) is the Bhutanese football manager. A former international player, he made his first appearance for the Bhutan national football team in 2005. Pema s ...

(born 1985), Bhutanese football manager *

Phu Dorjee Phu Dorjee (also spelled Phu Dorji) was a Sherpa and the first Indian to summit Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. He did so on May 5, 1984 on a solo ascent from the South East Ridge. Dorjee died in 1987 on the Kanchanjunga Expedition of ...

, Indian sherpa * Rinzin Dorji (athlete) (born 1976), Bhutanese runner *

Sonam Topgay Dorji Sir Raja Sonam Topgay Dorji CIE ( dz, སྟོབས་རྒྱས་རྡོ་རྗེ་; Wylie transliteration: ''Stobs-rgyas Rdo-rje''; 1896–1953), also called Tobgay, was a member of the Dorji family and Bhutanese politician who served ...

(1896–1953), Prime Minister of Bhutan, member of the Dorji family *

Tenzin Dorji Tenzin Dorji is a Bhutanese international footballer. He made his first appearance in an unofficial friendly match against India. He made his official debut in their 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying match second leg against Bangladesh Bang ...

(1997), Bhutanese footballer *

Thinley Dorji Thinley Dorji (born 5 May 1995) is a Bhutanese international footballer, currently playing for Yeedzin. He made his first appearance for the Bhutan national football team The Bhutan national football team represents Bhutan in international ...

(born 1995), Bhutanese footballer *

Thinley Dorji (archer) Thinley Dorji (born 20 November 1950), is an archer who internationally represented Bhutan Dorji competed for Bhutan at two Summer Olympics, he was part of the first team to compete at the Olympics for Bhutan when he took part in the 1984 Summer ...

(born 1950), Bhutanese archer * Tsering Dorjee, Tibetan stage and film actor, singer, dancer and musician *

Tshering Dorji Tshering Dorji aka ''Tshagay'' (born 11 September 1995) is a Bhutanese professional footballer who plays for Thimphu City FC as a midfielder. Dorji is best known for the late goal he scored against Sri Lanka, which gave Bhutan their first eve ...

(born 1993), Bhutanese footballer * Tseten Dorjee (born 1960), Tibetan painter *

Tsewang Dorji Namjal Tsewang Dorji Namjal (; Mongolian：; 1732–1750) was the mid-eighteenth century khan or ruler of the Dzungar Khanate, which covered most of present-day Xinjiang and part of eastern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and southern Siberia. Background Tsew ...

(1732–1750), ruler of the Dzungar Khanate *

Ugyen Dorji Ugyen Dorji ( dz, ཨོ་རྒྱན་རྡོ་རྗེ་, , 1855–1916) was a member of the elite Dorji family and an influential Bhutanese politician. He served as the closest adviser to Ugyen Wangchuck, the hereditary 12th Penlop of ...

(1855–1916), Prime Minister of Bhutan, member of the Dorji family * Ugyen Dorji (footballer), Bhutanese footballer *

Wangay Dorji Wangay Dorji (born 9 January 1974) is a former football player from Bhutan. He played as striker for Samtse, Ranjung United, Druk Pol and Transport United. Dorji gained international fame after scoring a hat-trick against Montserrat in '' The ...

(born 1974), Bhutanese football player *

Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi ( as, য়েছে দৰজে ঠংচি) (born 13 June 1952) is an Indian writer. He was formerly deputy commissioner. His first literary creation is a poem named Junbai'(জোনবাই). He is the recipient of ...

(born 1952), Indian writer *

Yeshey Dorji Yeshey Dorji, commonly known as "Bumlay" (born 2 January 1989), is a Bhutanese footballer. He made his first appearance for the Bhutan national football team in 2008. He is also a member of the Bhutan national futsal team. After the 2013 SAFF Cham ...

(born 1989), Bhutanese footballer {{Given name, type=both Tibetan names