''Lyonpo'' Khandu Wangchuk (born 24 November 1950 in
Paro) is a political figure in
Bhutan
Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainou ...
. He graduated from
St. Stephen's College,
University of Delhi
Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate university, collegiate Central university (India), central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and ...
. He was Chairman of the Council (Prime Minister) from 2001 until 2002. On 7 September 2006, he became Prime Minister again; he was then replaced by
Kinzang Dorji on 2 August 2007, after Wangchuk resigned to participate in the
2008 election as a member of the
Druk Phuensum Tshogpa
Druk Phuensum Tshogpa ( dz, འབྲུག་ཕུན་སུམ་ཚོགས་པ།; Wylie:'' 'brug phun-sum tshog-pa''; translation: Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party; abbr. DPT) is one of the major political parties in Bhutan
...
(DPT) political party. He also served as
Minister of Foreign Affairs
A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between co ...
from 2003 to 2007.
Following the DPT's victory in the March 2008 election, Wangchuk became
Minister of Economic Affairs on April 11, 2008.
Honours
* :
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The Royal Red Scarf (March 1987).
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The Royal Orange Scarf (January 1994).
Curriculum Vitae
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References
External links
2006 UN General Assembly address
1950 births
Living people
People from Paro District
St. Stephen's College, Delhi alumni
Prime Ministers of Bhutan
Foreign ministers of Bhutan
21st-century Bhutanese politicians
Druk Phuensum Tshogpa politicians
Bhutanese politicians
Bhutanese MNAs 2013–2018
Bhutanese MNAs 2008–2013
Druk Phuensum Tshogpa MNAs
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