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Bhutan Government 1997https://photius.com/wfb1997/bhutan/bhutan_government.htmlSOURCE: 1997 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Country name
Data code BT Government type monarchy; special treaty relationship with India National capital Thimphu Administrative divisions 18 districts (dzongkhag, singular and plural); Bumthang, Chhukha, Chirang,Daga, Geylegphug, Ha, Lhuntshi, Mongar, Paro, Pemagatsel, Punakha, Samchi,Samdrup Jongkhar, Shemgang, Tashigang, Thimphu, Tongsa, Wangdi Phodrang Independence 8 August 1949 (from India) National holiday National Day, 17 December (1907) (Ugyen WANGCHUCK became first hereditaryking) Constitution
no written constitution or bill of rights
Legal system based on Indian law and English common law; has not accepted compulsoryICJ jurisdiction Suffrage each family has one vote in village-level elections Executive branch
Legislative branch
unicameral National Assembly or Tshogdu (150 seats; 105 elected fromvillage constituencies, 12 represent religious bodies, and 33 are designatedby the king to represent government and other secular interests; members servethree-year terms)
Judicial branch the Supreme Court of Appeal is the king; High Court, judges appointedby the king Political parties and leaders no legal parties Political pressure groups and leaders Buddhist clergy; Indian merchant community; ethnic Nepalese organizationsleading militant antigovernment campaign International organization participation AsDB, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IMF, Intelsat, IOC,ITU, NAM, SAARC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO Diplomatic representation in the US
none; note - Bhutan has a Permanent Mission to the UN, headed by UgyenTSERING; address: 2 United Nations Plaza, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10017; telephone [1] (212) 826-1919; the Bhutanese mission to the UN has consularjurisdiction in the US
Diplomatic representation from the US the US and Bhutan have no formal diplomatic relations, although informalcontact is maintained between the Bhutanese and US Embassy in New Delhi (India) Flag description
divided diagonally from the lower hoist side corner; the upper triangleis yellow and the lower triangle is orange; centered along the dividing lineis a large black and white dragon facing away from the hoist side
NOTE: The information regarding Bhutan on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bhutan Government 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bhutan Government 1997 should be addressed to the CIA. |