Lily Wangchuk

Lily Wangchuk or Lily Wangchhuk (born October 15, 1972) is a Bhutanese politician, diplomat and activist. A diplomat between 1994 and 2008, in November 2012 she became the first Bhutanese woman to be appointed president of a political party.

Career Wangchuk began work as a diplomat in 1994, and in 2003 she was a recipient of the Lions Club Award for Outstanding Diplomat for her work with Bhutanese bilateral relations with India. she took time off to travel across Bhutan, visiting all 20 districts and the remotest areas of the country, during which she observed the socioeconomic challenges facing common people and inequalities in development.

Wangchuk once served as the executive director of the Bhutan Media Foundation (BMF) and head of the People's Democratic Party's women wing. in the 2018 Bhutanese National Assembly election, but was unsuccessful. She came in second, receiving 2,102 votes and losing the seat to Dechen Wangmo.