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Despite claims made in Brozović's Enciklopedija (1999) and many subsequent authors, who attribute the authorship of the national anthem to Gyaldun Thinley, father of the former Prime Minister Jigme Thinley, there are many who believe that the words and the national anthem itself were penned by Dorji Lopen Dolop Droep Namgay of Talo, Punakha.
The Bhutanese monarchy was established on 17 December 1907, unifying the country under the control of the Wangchuck dynasty, hereditary penlops (governors) of Trongsa Province. The King of Bhutan, formally known as the Druk Gyalpo ("Dragon King"), also occupies the office of Druk Desi under the "Dual System of Government".
Ngawang Jamphel (born 1992), Bhutanese footballer Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (1910–2009), Tibetan senior official with various military and political responsibilities Sakya Trizin Ngawang Kunga (born 1945), the 41st Sakya Trizin, the throne holder of the Sakya Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism 1952–2017
Lyonpo Jigme Yoser Thinley (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་འོད་ཟེར་འཕྲིན་ལས་; Wylie: 'Jigs-med 'Od-zer 'Phrin-las) (born 9 September 1952) [1] is a Bhutanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Bhutan for three nonconsecutive terms, from 20 July 1998 to 9 July 1999, 30 August 2003 to 18 August 2004 and 9 April 2008 to 28 April 2013.
National Assembly elections were held in Bhutan for the first time on 24 March 2008. [1] Two parties were registered by the Election Commission of Bhutan to contest the elections; Druk Phuensum Tshogpa, led by Jigme Y. Thinley, which was formed by the merger of the Bhutan People's United Party and All People's Party, [2] and the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
The election was held in two rounds. In the first round every party contested all 20 Dzongkhags (the administrative and judicial districts of Bhutan).The parties with the two highest vote tallies progressed to the second round, in which they put forward candidates in each of the 47 National Assembly constituencies. [1]
Thinley Dorji (born 1995), Bhutanese international footballer; Thinley Dorji (archer), Bhutanese Olympic archer; Thinley Norbu (1931–2011), modern teacher in the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, and patron of the Vajrayana Foundation; Alak Jigme Thinley Lhundup Rinpoche (1938–2012), Tibetan Tulku, former speaker of the Tibetan ...
National Council elections were held in Bhutan for the first time on 31 December 2007, [1] having been originally scheduled for 26 December. [2] The new National Council had 25 members, which 20 members were directly elected from 20 dzongkhags by 312,817 eligible voters, [3] and five more were appointed by the Druk Gyalpo.