BT
Bhutan
Druk Gyalkhap
Kingdom of Bhutan
Emergency number
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Official addresses
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- Form of government
- constitutional monarchy
- Capital
- Thimphu
- Head of state
- King Jigme Khesar Namgyel WANGCHUCK (since 14 December 2006)
- Head of government
- Prime Minister Tshering TOBGAY (since 28 January 2024)
- Cabinet
- Council of Ministers or Lhengye Zhungtshog members nominated by the monarch in consultation with the prime minister and approved by the National Assembly; members serve 5-year terms
- Highest court
- Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and 4 associate justices)
- Independence
- 17 December 1907 (became a unified kingdom under its first hereditary king); 8 August 1949 (Treaty of Friendship with India maintains Bhutanese independence)
- National day
- National Day (Ugyen WANGCHUCK became first hereditary king), 17 December (1907)
This directory was compiled on 12 October 2026.
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