Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party
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The Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party, or Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (Dzongkha
: འབྲུག་ཕུན་སུམ་ཚོག་པ; Wylie
: 'brug phun-sum tshog-pa), is one of the major political parties in Bhutan
. It was formed on July 25, 2007 as a merger of the All People's Party
and the Bhutan People's United Party, which were both short-lived. The working committee of the merged entity, headed by the former home minister, Jigmi Yoezer Thinley, decided on the name for the new party. On August 15, 2007 Jigmi Yoezer Thinley was elected president of the party. The party formally applied for registration on August 15, 2007, thus becoming the second political party in Bhutan to do so. On October 2, 2007 the Election Commission of Bhutan registered the party. On March 24, 2008, the party won the first general election
held in Bhutan. The party secured 45 of the 47 seats to the National Assembly.
The party is Conservative and Royalist
in outlook.
Dzongkha language
Dzongkha , occasionally Ngalopkha, is the national language of Bhutan. The word "dzongkha" means the language spoken in the dzong, – dzong being the fortress-like monasteries established throughout Bhutan by Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in the 17th century."Bhutani" is not another name for...
: འབྲུག་ཕུན་སུམ་ཚོག་པ; Wylie
Wylie transliteration
The Wylie transliteration scheme is a method for transliterating Tibetan script using only the letters available on a typical English language typewriter. It bears the name of Turrell V. Wylie, who described the scheme in an article, A Standard System of Tibetan Transcription, published in 1959...
: 'brug phun-sum tshog-pa), is one of the major political parties in Bhutan
Bhutan
Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...
. It was formed on July 25, 2007 as a merger of the All People's Party
All People's Party (Bhutan)
The All People's Party is a former political party in Bhutan. Its leader was former and future Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley.On July 25, 2007, The relatively strong APP merged with the failing Bhutan People's Unity Party, led by former lyonpo Yeshey Zimba; the two parties unified as the Bhutan...
and the Bhutan People's United Party, which were both short-lived. The working committee of the merged entity, headed by the former home minister, Jigmi Yoezer Thinley, decided on the name for the new party. On August 15, 2007 Jigmi Yoezer Thinley was elected president of the party. The party formally applied for registration on August 15, 2007, thus becoming the second political party in Bhutan to do so. On October 2, 2007 the Election Commission of Bhutan registered the party. On March 24, 2008, the party won the first general election
Bhutanese general election, 2008
Bhutan held its first general election on March 24, 2008 for the National Assembly. Two parties were registered by the Election Commission of Bhutan to contest the election: the Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party , which was formed by the merger of the previously established Bhutan People's United...
held in Bhutan. The party secured 45 of the 47 seats to the National Assembly.
The party is Conservative and Royalist
Royalist
A royalist supports a particular monarch as head of state for a particular kingdom, or of a particular dynastic claim. In the abstract, this position is royalism. It is distinct from monarchism, which advocates a monarchical system of government, but not necessarily a particular monarch...
in outlook.