Lotay Tshering

Lotay Tshering (Dzongkha: བློ་གྲོས་ཚེ་རིང་; born 10 May 1969) is a Bhutanese politician and surgeon who served as the prime minister of Bhutan, from 7 November 2018 to 1 November 2023. He was the president of Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) political party from 14 May 2018 until his resignation in 2025.

The president of DNT Dasho Dr. Lotay Tshering resigned from the party and politics ending his 11-year political career. Dasho was appointed as the Governor of GMC at Dungkar Dzong in Paro on 1 October 2024 following a recommendation from the Board of Directors of the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC).

Tshering was born on 10 May 1969, in a humble family. He hails from Dalukha village, Mewang Gewog, Thimphu.

He received his early education from Punakha High School and graduated from Sherubtse College. He graduated from Mymensingh Medical College and received MBBS degree in 2001. He completed his post-graduation in surgery and received FCPS degree from Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons and MS degree from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University.

In 2007, he studied urology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, the US, under his World Health Organization fellowship. Upon his return to Bhutan, he was the only practicing trained urologist in his country. In 2010, he obtained a fellowship in endourology at Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, and Okayama University, Japan. He received a Master of Business Administration degree from University of Canberra, Australia in 2014.

Lotay Tshering is married to a doctor, Ugyen Dema. The couple has one daughter and one son (Garab Lotey). During his tenure in Mongar Regional Referral Hospital, he adopted one girl and one boy. Tshering speaks several languages, including Dzongkha, Lotshamkha, Bengali and English.

Tshering served as a consultant surgeon in JDWNRH and Mongar Regional Referral Hospital, and was also served as a consultant urologist in JDWNRH for 11 years.

After the payment of about Nu. 6.2 million to the Royal Civil Service Commission, he resigned from the JDWNRH as a urologist to join politics in 2013.