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Jigme Wangchuk (National Council member)

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Jigme Wangchuk
འཇིགས་མེད་དབང་ཕྱུག།
Deputy Chairman of the National Council of Bhutan
Assumed office
10 May 2018
Preceded byTshering Dorji
Member of the National Council of Bhutan
Assumed office
10 May 2018
ConstituencySamdrup Jongkhar
In office
2013–2018
ConstituencySamdrup Jongkhar
In office
2008–2013
ConstituencySamdrup Jongkhar
Personal details
Born4 March 1980[1]
Momring, Lauri, Samdrup Jongkhar
NationalityBhutanese

Jigme Wangchuk (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་དབང་ཕྱུག།; born 4 March 1980) is a Bhutanese politician who is the current Deputy Chairman of the National Council of Bhutan. He has been a member of the National Council of Bhutan, since May 2018.[2] Previously, he was a member of the National Council of Bhutan from 2008 to 2013 and again from 2013 to 2018.

He was elected as Deputy Chairman of the National Council of Bhutan. He received 13 votes out of total 25 votes cast and defeated Ugyen Namgay.[3]

References

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  1. ^ CV Jigme Wangchuk
  2. ^ "Hon. Jigme Wangchuk". www.nationalcouncil.bt.
  3. ^ "National Council elects incumbents as chairpersons".