Choida Jamtsho | |
Birth Date: | 17 March 1965 |
Office: | Member of the National Assembly |
Term Start: | 31 October 2018 |
Term End: | 18 April 2021 |
Successor: | Karma Dorji |
Constituency: | Nganglam |
Term Start2: | 2013 |
Term End2: | 2018 |
Constituency2: | Nganglam |
Term Start3: | 2008 |
Term End3: | 2013 |
Constituency3: | Nganglam |
Party: | Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) |
Choida Jamtsho (17 March 1965 — 18 April 2021) was a Bhutanese politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan, since October 2018.[1] Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan from 2008 to 2013 and again from 2013 to 2018.[2] [3]
He was educated at Sherubtse College, Bhutan (Bachelor of Commerce, 1989) and the University of East Anglia (MSc Environmental Sciences, 2006).[4]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Bhutan as a candidate of DPT from Nganglam constituency in 2008 and 2013 elections.
He was re-elected to the National Assembly of Bhutan as a candidate of DPT from Nganglam constituency in 2018 Bhutanese National Assembly election. He received 3576 votes and defeated Karma Dorji, a candidate of DNT.[5]
Jamtsho died in April 2021 from food poisoning.[6]