Karma Lhamo | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Sherub Gyeltshen |
| Constituency | Monggar |
| In office 2008–2013 | |
| Succeeded by | Jigme Zangpo |
| Constituency | Monggar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 May 1978 Tshakaling,Bhutan |
| Political party | DNT (since 2021) DPT (until 2021) |
Karma Lhamo (born 6 May 1978) is a Bhutanese educator and politician. She was elected to the National Assembly in 2008,becoming one of its first female members elected under universal suffrage. [1]
Lhamo was born in Tshakaling in May 1978, [2] [3] the daughter of a Lam Neten. [4] She was educated at Monggar School,and earned a BA in psychology at Mount Carmel College in Bangalore and a post-graduate certificate in education from the National Institute of Education. [2] In 2006 she began working as a teacher at Chukha Higher Secondary School. [2] She married and had two children. [2]
In 2008 she resigned from her teaching job after being nominated as a Druk Phuensum Tshogpa candidate for the Monggar constituency in the March 2008 National Assembly elections. She was elected to the National Assembly with 76% of the vote,defeating former Minister of Health Jigmi Singay. [4]
She ran for re-election in 2013,but was defeated by Jigme Zangpo,losing by 272 votes. [5] She ran again in 2018 but lost to Sherab Gyeltshen. [6] However,following the resignation of Gyeltshen,Lhamo contested the by-election on 29 June 2021 as a candidate for the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa and was elected. [7]