Bhutan Governo Profilo 2008

Capitale

nome: Thimphu
coordinate geografiche: 27 29 N, 89 36 E
differenza di tempo: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Indipendenza

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

Festa nazionale

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

Costituzione

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

Suffragio

18 anni; universal

Ramo esecutivo

capo dello stato: King Jigme Khesar Namgyel WANGCHUCK (da allora 14 December 2006); note - King Jigme Singye WANGCHUCK abdicated the throne on 14 December 2006 and his son immediately succeeded him
capo di governo: Prime Minister Jigme THINLEY (da allora 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