Bhutan Regierung Profil 2008

Hauptstadt

Name: Thimphu
geographische Koordinaten: 27 29 N, 89 36 E
Zeitunterschied: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Unabhängigkeit

1907 (became a unified kingdom under its first hereditary king)

Nationalfeiertag

National Day (Ugyen WANGCHUCK became first hereditary king), 17 Dezember (1907)

Konstitution

none; note - a draft constitution was unveiled in März 2005 and is expected to be adopted by the new National Assembly in 2008

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: King Jigme Khesar Namgyel WANGCHUCK (seit dem 14 December 2006); note - King Jigme Singye WANGCHUCK abdicated the throne on 14 December 2006 and his son immediately succeeded him
Regierungschef: Prime Minister Jigme THINLEY (seit dem 9 April 2008)
cabinet: Council of Ministers (Lhengye Shungtsog) nominated by the monarch, approved by the National Assembly; members serve fixed, five-year terms; note - there is also a Royal Advisory Council (Lodoi Tsokde), members nominated by the monarch
elections: the monarch is hereditary, but democratic reforms in July 1998 grant the National Assembly authority to remove the monarch with two-thirds vote; election of a new National Assembly occured in March 2008; the leader of the majority party is nominated as the prime minister