Yeshey Dem
Yeshey Dem | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Bhutan | |
Assumed office 31 October 2018 | |
Preceded by | Pema Drukpa |
Constituency | Khamaed Lunana |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1993[1] |
Nationality | Bhutanese |
Political party | Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) |
Yeshey Dem (Dzongkha: ཡེ་ཤེས་ སྒྲོལམ།) is a Bhutanese politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan, since October 2018.[2]
Education[]
She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Language and Literature[3] from Institute of Language and Cultural Studies, Bhutan.[1]
Political career[]
Before joining politics, Dem worked as public relations assistant.[4]
She was elected to the National Assembly of Bhutan as a candidate of DNT from Khamaed Lunana constituency in 2018 Bhutanese National Assembly election.[5][6] She received 419 votes and defeated Dhendup, a candidate of Druk Phuensum Tshogpa.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b "Bhutan 2018 Elections". www.peldendrukpa.com.
- ^ "Hon. Yeshey Dem". www.nab.gov.bt. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. "ཆེད་བསྟོད་ཅན་གྱི་འཐུས་མི་ ཡེ་ཤེས་སྒྲོལམ།". www.nab.gov.bt. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019.
- ^ "NA Election 2018". kuenselnews.com.
- ^ a b "Seven women candidates of ten elected". Business Bhutan.
- ^ "A big win for women, Bhutan elects 7 of 10 women candidates". BBS. 19 October 2018.
- ^ "The women MPs in National Assembly". BBS. 30 October 2018.
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