Parliament of Bhutan

Parliament of Bhutan

རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་ཁང་

gyelyong tshokhang
Fourth Parliament
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
HousesNational Council
National Assembly
Leadership
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
since December 14, 2006
Chairperson of the National Council
Sangay Dorji, Nonpartisan
since 10 May 2023
Speaker of the National Assembly
Lungten Dorji, PDP
since 25 January 2024
Structure
Seats72
25 Councilmen
47 Assemblymen
National Council political groups
  Non-partisan (20)
  Appointed (5)
National Assembly political groups
Government (30)

Opposition (17)

AuthorityArticle X, Constitution of Bhutan
Elections
Last National Council election
April 20, 2023
Last National Assembly election
30 November 2023 and 9 January 2024
Meeting place
Gyelyong Tshokhang, Thimphu
Website
National Council of Bhutan
National Assembly of Bhutan

The Parliament of Bhutan (Dzongkha: རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་ཁང་ gyelyong tshokhang) consists of the King of Bhutan together with a bicameral parliament.[1][nb 1] This bicameral parliament is made up of an upper house, the National Council and a lower house, the National Assembly.[nb 2] The current parliamentary framework replaced the unicameral Tshogdu in 2007, with the first members taking seats in 2008.

  1. ^ "Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan (English)" (PDF). Government of Bhutan. 2008-07-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2011. Retrieved 2010-10-13.


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