Lyonpo Karma Donnen Wangdi | |
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![]() Wangdi in 2022 | |
Minister for Information and Communication | |
Assumed office 7 November 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Lotay Tshering |
Preceded by | Dina Nath Dhungyel |
Member of the National Assembly of Bhutan | |
Assumed office 31 October 2018 | |
Preceded by | Gopal Gurung |
Constituency | Gelephu |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1971 [1] |
Political party | Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa |
Alma mater |
Sherubtse College MCMIS |
Karma Donnen Wangdi ( c. 1971) is a Bhutanese politician who has been Minister for Information and Communication since November 2018. [2] He has been a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan, since October 2018. [3] Previously he was the member of the National Council of Bhutan from 2008 to 2013. [4] [5]
Wangdi was born on c. 1971. [6]
He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Sherubtse College, Bhutan. He completed his Postgraduate Diploma in IT from the MCMIS, the Netherlands. [6] [1]
Wangdi is a member of Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT). [1]
He was elected to the National Council of Bhutan from Sarpang in the Bhutanese National Council election, 2008. [7]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Bhutan in the 2018 elections for the Sarpang-Gelegphu [1] [6] constituency. [4] He received 6,691 votes and defeated Pema Tashi, a candidate of DPT. [8]
On 3 November, Lotay Tshering formally announced his cabinet structure and Wangdi was named as Minister for Information and Communication. [4] On 7 November 2018, he was sworn in as Minister for Information and Communication in the cabinet of Prime Minister Lotay Tshering. [2] [9]