Deputy Speaker of Sikkim

The deputy speaker of Sikkim legislative assembly assists the honorable speaker to conduct the proceedings of the house. It is an extremely prestigious post and is generally handed out to a political personnel with immense experience and high political acumen. A kind of general and widespread acceptability also plays an important role in the appointment of the deputy speaker. Sri Minigma Tshering Sherpa is the present deputy speaker in Sikkim legislative assembly.

Biographical Profile of Deputy Speaker, Sikkim

Sri Minigma Tshering Sherpa, the deputy speaker, Sikkim, was born in 1944. He went on to procure a diploma in sheep husbandry and wool grading. A father of nine, Sri Tshering Sherpa is fond of reading and traveling. The deputy speaker of Sikkim feels highly for the cause of the upliftment of the poor and works tirelessly to ameliorate the predicament of the deprived classes of society.

Political Profile of the Deputy Speaker, Sikkim

The deputy speaker of Sikkim has an illustrious political career that has catapulted him to the said post. The political career of Sri Sherpa started early when he became a member of the Rashtriya Congress and thereafter a member of the Sikkim Sangram Parishad. He was elected to the Sikkim Legislative Assembly three times for the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF). His appointment as the chairman of the Denzontg Cooperative Society Limited bespeaks his wide acceptability and also for his zeal to work for the convenience of the poor. The political career of Sri Sherpa reached the zenith, when he was appointed as the deputy speaker at Sikkim legislative assembly on 24th May, 2004