Jigme thinley biography

Thinley was born in Bumthang and joined the civil service in upon receiving a graduate degree from The Pennsylvania State University. In February , Thinley was awarded the title of Dasho and the Red Scarf, and in , under the zonal system, he became administrator of the Eastern Zone. He then became secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs in before being appointed as Deputy Minister of Home Affairs in January , at which time he was also awarded the Orange Scarf.

Lyonpo Jigme Yoser Thinley (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་འོད་ཟེར་འཕྲིན་ལས་; Wylie: 'Jigs-med 'Od-zer 'Phrin-las) (born 9 September ) [1] is a Bhutanese politician who was Prime Minister of Bhutan .

Later in , he was appointed as Bhutan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations office and other international organizations in Geneva. Prior to the beginning of democracy, he was Prime Minister twice, from July 20, , to July 9, , and from August 30, , to August 20, During this period, chairmanship of the council was based on rotation once per year, with the order of rotation decided by the number of votes secured during the time of election to the council.

On December 17, , Thinley was awarded the Druk Wangyal medal - one of the highest medals of honor - for excellence in carrying out his duties. In March , he stood as leader of the political party Druk Phuensum Tshogpa in Bhutan's first democratic election. He took office on April 9. Thinley blamed the global economic crisis of — on "insatiable human greed" and stressed the need to instead focus on the Bhutanese notion of gross national happiness.

Thinley was born in Bumthang and joined the civil service in upon receiving a graduate degree from The Pennsylvania State University.

His government works to base its policies on gross national happiness rather than purely economic considerations. In July , Thinley became a member of the SNV Netherlands Development Organisation's International Advisory Board to contribute his experience to the organisation's poverty reduction and sustainable development work. Home Contact Privacy.

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