Parliament of Bhutan

Parliament of Bhutan རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་ཁང་ gyelyong tshokhang
Fourth Parliament
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	National Council National Assembly
Leadership
Druk Gyalpo	Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck since December 14, 2006
Chairperson of the National Council	Sangay Dorji, Nonpartisan since 10 May 2023
Speaker of the National Assembly	Lungten Dorji, PDP since 25 January 2024
Structure
Seats	72 25 Councilmen 47 Assemblymen
National Council political groups	Non-partisan (20)   Appointed (5)
National Assembly political groups	Government (30)   PDP (30) Opposition (17)   BTP (17)
Authority	Article X, Constitution of Bhutan
Elections
Last National Council election	April 20, 2023
Last National Assembly election	30 November 2023 and 9 January 2024
Meeting place
Gyelyong Tshokhang, Thimphu
Website
National Council of Bhutan National Assembly of Bhutan

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The Parliament of Bhutan (Dzongkha: རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་ཁང་ gyelyong tshokhang) consists of the King of Bhutan together with a bicameral parliament.^{[1][nb 1]} This bicameral parliament is made up of an upper house, the National Council and a lower house, the National Assembly.^{[nb 2]} The current parliamentary framework replaced the unicameral Tshogdu in 2007, with the first members taking seats in 2008.

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