Back لوتاي تشيرينج Arabic لوتاى تشيرينج ARZ লোটে শ্বেৰিং AS Lotay Tserinq AZ Lotay Tshering BCL লোটে শেরিং Bengali/Bangla Lotay Tshering Catalan Lotay Tshering German བློན་ཆེན་བགྲེསཔ་བློ་གྲོས་ཚེ་རིང་། Ex-Prime Minister Lodey Tshering DZ Λοτάι Τσέρινγκ Greek
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བློ་གྲོས་ཚེ་རིང་ | |
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| Prime Minister of Bhutan | |
| In office 7 November 2018 – 1 November 2023 | |
| Monarch | Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck |
| Preceded by | Tshering Wangchuk (as Chief Advisor) |
| Succeeded by | Chogyal Dago Rigdzin (as Chief Advisor) |
| President of Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa | |
| In office 14 May 2018 – January 2025 | |
| Deputy | Sherab Gyaltshen |
| Preceded by | Tandi Dorji |
| Member of the National Assembly of Bhutan | |
| In office 31 October 2018 – November 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Yeshi Zimba |
| Constituency | South Thimphu |
| Majority | 3,662 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 May 1969 |
| Political party | Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa |
| Spouse | Ugyen Dema |
| Children | 3 (two adopted)[1] |
| Alma mater | Mymensingh Medical College (MBBS) Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (FCPS) Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (MS) University of Canberra (MBA) |
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Dasho Dr. Lotay Tshering[2][3] (Dzongkha: བློ་གྲོས་ཚེ་རིང་; born 10 May 1969) is a Bhutanese politician and surgeon[4] who was the prime minister of Bhutan,[5][6] in office from 7 November 2018 to 1 November 2023. He was the president of Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) since 14 May 2018[7][8] until he resigned in 2025.[9]
The president of DNT Dasho Dr. Lotay Tshering resigned from the party and politics ending his 11-year political career.[9][10] Dasho was appointed as the Governor of GMC at Dungkar Dzong in Paro on October 1, 2024 following a recommendation from the Board of Directors of the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC).[11][12][13]
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- ^ "Narendra Modi congratulates newly elected PM of Bhutan". Hindustan Times. 19 October 2018.
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- ^ a b Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa. Archived from the original on 17 February 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ Newspaper, Bhutan's Daily. "Dr Lotay Tshering quits politics". Kuensel Online. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ "Dasho Dr. Lotay Tshering Appointed Governor of Gelephu Mindfulness City – Gelephu Mindfulness City – Gelephu". Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ^ "Former Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering appointed as Governor of GMC". Kuensel Online. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ^ "Meet GMC's new CEO, Governor and Board". The Bhutanese. Retrieved 29 December 2024.