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-General.
The Tshogdu was originally composed of locally elected town representatives, religious representatives, and members nominated by the king, all o...
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