Tshering Tobgay

Tshering Tobgay
ཚེ་རིང་སྟོབས་རྒྱས།
Tshering Tobgay in 2024
7th Prime Minister of Bhutan
Assumed office
28 January 2024
MonarchJigme Khesar Namgyel
Wangchuck
Preceded byChogyal Dago Rigdzin (as Chief Advisor)
In office
27 July 2013 – 9 August 2018
MonarchJigme Khesar Namgyel
Wangchuck
Preceded bySonam Tobgye (as Chief Advisor)
Succeeded byTshering Wangchuk (as Chief Advisor)
Lotay Tshering
Personal details
Born (1965-09-19) 19 September 1965 (age 59)
Kalimpong, India
Political partyPeople's Democratic Party (1991–present)
Spouse
Tashi Dolma
(m. 1998)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Pittsburgh (BS)
Harvard University (MPA)

Tshering Tobgay (Dzongkha: ཚེ་རིང་སྟོབས་རྒྱས།; born 19 September 1965) is a Bhutanese politician, environmentalist, and cultural advocate who is the Prime Minister of Bhutan since 28 January 2024 and also served in office from July 2013 to August 2018. Tobgay is the leader of the People's Democratic Party,[1] and was also the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly from March 2008 to April 2013.

  1. ^ "Opposition leader voices concerns". Kuensel. 2 August 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2011.