Parliament of Bhutan

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  National Assembly of Bhutan

  The National Assembly is the elected lower house of Bhutan's new bicameral Parliament which also comprises the Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) and the National Council. It is the more powerful house. The National Assembly has 47 members, who were elected in the first ever general elections on March 24,...

• Tshogdu

  The Tshogdu (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་གིརྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་འདུ་ཆེན་པོ་ English: Bhutanese Grand National Assembly) was the unicameral legislature of Bhutan until 31 July 2007. The legislature had a total of 150 members . Dasho Ugen Dorje was the last President of the Tshogdu, with Nima Tshering the Secretary...

• Lhengye Zhungtshog

  Lhengye Zhungtshog is a Dzongkha term. In English it means Council of Ministers. The Lhengye Zhungtshog is the highest executive body in Bhutan. It was created in 1999 under the 4th king of Bhutan. Presently, the council has 10 members who are termed as lyonpos and wear a ceremonial orange scarf....

• National Council of Bhutan

  The National Council is the upper house of Bhutan's new bicameral Parliament which also comprises the Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) and the National Assembly. It is the subordinate house. 20 members of the first Council were elected in the first ever elections for the Council held on December 31, 2007...