Tashi Dorji | |
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| བཀྲིས་རྡོ་རྗེ། | |
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| Chairman of the National Council of Bhutan | |
| In office 10 May 2018 – 10 May 2023 | |
| Deputy | Jigme Wangchuk |
| Preceded by | Sonam Kinga |
| Succeeded by | Sangay Dorji |
| Member of the National Council of Bhutan | |
| In office 10 May 2018 – 10 May 2023 | |
| Preceded by | himself |
| Constituency | Wangdue Phodrang |
| In office 2013–2018 | |
| Preceded by | Sonam Yangchen |
| Constituency | Wangdue Phodrang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 October 1981[1] Agokha, Ruebisa, Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan |
Tashi Dorji (Dzongkha: བཀྲིས་རྡོ་རྗེ།; born 3 October 1981) is a Bhutanese politician who was the Chairman of the National Council of Bhutan from May 2018 to May 2023. 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 2013 to 2018. He is the youngest Chairman of the Upper house of Bhutan.[3]
He was elected as Chairman of the National Council of Bhutan. He received 11 votes out of total 25 votes cast and defeated Lhatu and Nima.[3]
Controversy
[edit]While deliberating the Pay Structure Reform Bill 2022 on 29th November 2022, Tashi Dorji ordered Gasa MP Dorji Khandu to leave the hall for comparing the Housing Allowance for low-income civil servants and Communication Allowance for high-income civil servants. Gasa MP was subsequently suspended from attending the NC assembly until the adoption of the Pay Structure Reform Bill 2022 [4] which attracted public criticism.
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