Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa

Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa
འབྲུག་མཉམ་རུབ་ཚོགས་པ།
AbbreviationDNT
PresidentLotay Tshering[1]
Vice PresidentSherub Gyeltshen
Deputy LeaderKarma Dorji
SpokespersonTandi Dorji
Founders
Founded20 January 2013 (11 years ago) (2013-01-20)
HeadquartersThimphu, Bhutan
IdeologySocial democracy[4]
Political positionCentre[5] to centre-left[6]
Slogan"Narrowing the gap"
Seats in the National Assembly
0 / 47
Election symbol
Peach blossom

Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་མཉམ་རུབ་ཚོགས་པ།; Wylie: ’brug nyam-rub tshogs-pa; lit.'Bhutan United Party'),[7][8] formerly the Social Democratic Party,[9][10] is one of the five registered political parties in Bhutan. It was registered on 20 January 2013.[11] The DNT was Bhutan's governing party from 2018 to 2023.

  1. ^ "DNT to elect new party president". Kuensel.
  2. ^ "Know your candidate: Trashigang". Kuensel.
  3. ^ "Recent Updates". Bhutan DNC. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Party Charter". Druk nyamrup. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  5. ^ Gilad James, PhD. Introduction to Bhutan. Gilad James Mystery School. ISBN 978-5-275-37251-9. Retrieved 29 August 2024. The Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa(DNT), founded in 2013, is a centrist political party...
  6. ^ "Tshering Tobgay set to return as Bhutan PM after liberal PDP wins elections". Al Jazeera. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024. ...including the governing centre-left Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa party.
  7. ^ Slater, Joanna. "In tiny Bhutan, known for its pursuit of happiness, democracy brings discontent". The Washington Post. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  8. ^ Rezwan. "Bhutan's centre-left party wins general election, a doctor to become PM". Business Standard. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa: A new party in a new avatar". The Bhutanese. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  10. ^ "We are not a socialist party : SDP". The Bhutanese. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Election Bhutan". Archived from the original on 20 August 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.