Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party
| Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party འབྲུག་ཕུན་སུམ་ཚོགས་པ Druk Phuensum Tshogpa |
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| Leader | Jigme Thinley |
| Founded | July 25, 2007 |
| Headquarters | Chang Lam, Thimphu |
| Colors | Brown |
| Seats in the National Assembly |
45 / 47
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| http://www.dpt.bt/ | |
The Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party,[1] or Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཕུན་སུམ་ཚོགས་པ; Wylie: 'brug phun-sum tshog-pa), is one of the major political parties in Bhutan. It was formed on July 25, 2007 as a merger of the All People's Party and the Bhutan People's United Party,[2] which were both short-lived. The working committee of the merged entity, headed by the former home minister, Jigmi Yoezer Thinley, decided on the name for the new party. On August 15, 2007, Jigmi Yoezer Thinley was elected president of the party. The party formally applied for registration on August 15, 2007, thus becoming the second political party in Bhutan to do so. On October 2, 2007, the Election Commission of Bhutan registered the party.[3] On March 24, 2008, the party won the first general election held in Bhutan. The party secured 45 of the 47 seats to the National Assembly.[4][5]
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ Matthew Rosenberg, "Royalist Party Wins Election in Bhutan", Associated Press, March 24, 2008.[dead link]
- ^ Druk Phuensuim Tshogpa, the new party in town
- ^ Election Commission of Bhutan website-DPT
- ^ "Bhutan voters show their attachment to king". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 27 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ^ "Royalists Win Election in Bhutan". TIME. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
[edit] External links
- "Official Website". Retrieved 2008-04-16.
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