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''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

* : ** The Royal Red Scarf (March 1987). ** The Royal Orange Scarf (January 1994).Curriculum Vitae
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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 {{Bhutan-politician-stub