Tshering Wangchuk
{{Short description|Bhutanese jurist and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific_prefix = Dasho
|name = Tshering Wangchuk ཚེ་རིང་དབང་ཕྱུག།
|image = Tshering Wangchuk (cropped).JPG
|caption = Wangchuk in 2018
|order = 2nd
|office = Chief Advisor of Bhutan
|term_start1 = 9 August 2018
|term_end1 = 7 November 2018
|monarch1 = Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
|predecessor1 = Tshering Tobgay {{small|(as Prime Minister)}}
|successor1 = Lotay Tshering {{small|(as Prime Minister)}}
|office2 = Chief Justice of Bhutan
|term_start2 = 29 November 2014
|term_end2 = 29 November 2019
|monarch2 = Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
|predecessor2 = Sonam Tobgye
|successor2 = Chogyal Dago Rigdzin
|alma_mater = George Washington University
University of Delhi
|allegiance = {{flag|Bhutan}}
|branch = Royal Bhutan Army
|serviceyears = 1990–1995
|rank = Second Lieutenant
}}
Dasho Tshering Wangchuk ({{langx|dz|ཚེ་རིང་དབང་ཕྱུག}}) is a Bhutanese jurist who served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bhutan from 2014 to 2019.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbs.bt/news/?p=124709|title=Dasho Tshering Wangchuk completes his tenure as Chief Justice – BBS|website=www.bbs.bt|date=29 November 2019 }} In 2018, Wanghuk served as the interim Head of Government of Bhutan, when serving as the Chief Advisor of the Interim Government, following the dissolution of the Bhutanese National Assembly in preparation of elections.{{cite web|url=http://www.kuenselonline.com/his-majesty-appoints-interim-government/|title=His Majesty appoints interim government – KuenselOnline|website=www.kuenselonline.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/26/c_137349871.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726111933/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/26/c_137349871.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 26, 2018|title=Bhutan's lower house to dissolve for general election - Xinhua - English.news.cn|website=www.xinhuanet.com}}
Career
Dasho Tshering Wangchuk has a master's degree in international law from George Washington University (LLM '03), and another degree in law from the University of Delhi. Wangchuk began his career as a judicial officer in 1987, serving as an apprentice to the judges of the High Court. From 1990 to 1995 he served as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Bhutan Army. He served as a judicial officer in the High Court from 1993 to 1999. From 2006 to 2010 he served in Samdrup Jongkhar as district court judge. In 2010 he was promoted to justice of the High Court.{{cite web|url=https://www.bhutannewsnetwork.com/2014/11/former-army-officer-becomes-chief-justice-in-bhutan/ |title=Former army officer becomes chief justice in Bhutan |website=www.bhutannewsnetwork.com/ |publisher=Bhutan News Network |date=2014-11-08 |access-date=2021-01-03 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905014323/https://www.bhutannewsnetwork.com/2014/11/former-army-officer-becomes-chief-justice-in-bhutan/ |archive-date=2019-09-05}} In November 2014, he was appointed Chief Justice of the country by the King.{{cite web|url=http://www.kuenselonline.com/interim-government-advisors-assigned-portfolios/|title=Interim Government advisors assigned portfolios – KuenselOnline|website=www.kuenselonline.com}}
Chief Advisor
On August 1, 2018, Bhutan's lower house dissolved in preparation for general elections. On August 9, the king appointed an interim government, headed by Wangchuk as Chief Advisor. On August 11, members of the Interim Government were assigned portfolios. Wangchuk was responsible for the ministries of Home, Cultural Affairs, and Foreign affairs.
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