Namgay Peldon

Namgay Peldon (or Pelden; born c.1980) is a Bhutanese judge{{cite book|author=Bunty Avieson|title=The Dragon's Voice: How Modern Media Found Bhutan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=igZ_BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA154|date=1 April 2015|publisher=University of Queensland Press|isbn=978-0-7022-5357-7|pages=154–}} and politician. In 2008, she was the first woman to be elected a local governor when she was elected Gup, or administrator, of Tashiding Gewog, a sub-district of Dagana.{{cite book|author=Sarah Janssen|title=The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=72kMCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA126|date=8 December 2015|publisher=World Almanac|isbn=978-1-60057-200-5|pages=126–}} In this role, she attended the National Leadership Summit at Jaipur, India, in 2012.

Namgay Peldon is married with two children. She considers herself to have been well-educated in comparison with most Bhutanese women.{{cite web|url=http://beijing20.unwomen.org/en/news-and-events/stories/2014/5/woa-bhutan-namgay-peldon|title=Creating history is herstory: a local girl turns public leader|website=UN Women|date=15 May 2014|access-date=9 November 2017}} Prior to her election, she worked as a community instructor in the Dagana locality, assisting local people in writing or completing official papers.{{cite web|url=http://acelebrationofwomen.org/2012/05/bhutan-namgay-peldon-first-woman-elected-gup-of-tashiding-gewog/|title=Bhutan: Namgay Peldon, first woman elected 'Gup of Tashiding Gewog'|website=A Celebration of Women|date=24 May 2012|access-date=9 November 2017}}

Peldon's achievements as Gup have included construction of new offices and roads, renovation of a historic local temple, and building of irrigation channels. She says that her future goals include the construction of a local hospital and further improvements to the water supply. In 2016, she was re-elected with an increased majority, and the Dagana District acquired an additional female Gup when Pema Wangmo Tamang was elected for the first time.{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/bhutan/business-bhutan/20161001/281492160811650|title=Two female Gups, both from Dagana|via=PressReader|date=1 October 2016|author=Alka Katwal|access-date=10 November 2017}}