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Dasho Lhendup Dorji Laid to Rest
Retrieved on June 3, 2007 Dorji was an avid hunter and excelled in athletics, such as boxing, golf, and tennis. He returned to Bhutan from the United States and started out measuring land. He spent months traveling around Bhutan calculating the terrain by hand using the most readily available measuring systems. He later served as Postmaster General, Paro Thrimpon, Deputy and later Secretary General of the country's Development Wing.Kuensel Onlin
Dasho Lhendup Dorji Laid to Rest
Retrieved on June 5, 2007 He is referenced by Shirley MacLaine in her book, "Don't Fall Off the Mountain", which documents a visit she made to Bhutan during which she met him. Lhendup also sometimes made his own approximation of Bhutanese curry. Dorji's nephew, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, went on to become the fourth Dragon King of Bhutan. On April 15, 2007 he died of
The Royal Red Scarf (1958).
** 
King Jigme Singye Investiture Medal (2 June 1974).
** 
Commemorative Silver Jubilee Medal of King Jigme Singye (2 June 1999).
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Dasho
Dasho (Dzongkha: དྲག་ཤོས; Wylie: ''Drag-shos'') (lit. Excellent One) is a Bhutanese honorific that is bestowed upon individuals, along with a red scarf kabney, by the Druk Gyalpo. In common practice, however, many senior government o ...
'' Lhendup Dorji (6 October 1935 – 15 April 2007) was a member of the Dorji family
The Dorji family (Dzongkha: རྡོ་རྗེ་; Wylie: ''Rdo-rje'') of Bhutan has been a prominent and powerful political family in the kingdom since the 12th century AD. The family has produced monarchs, Prime Minister of Bhutan, Prime Mi ...
of 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 was also the brother of the Queen of Bhutan, Ashi Kesang choden and uncle to the fourth king of Bhutan, King Jigme Singye Wangchuck. He served as acting Lyonchen (Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...
) following the assassination of his brother, ''Lyonchen'' Jigme Palden Dorji, on April 5, 1964.
Lhendup Dorji was born to ''Gongzim Raja'' Sonam Topgay Dorji Sir Raja Sonam Topgay Dorji CIE ( dz, སྟོབས་རྒྱས་རྡོ་རྗེ་; Wylie transliteration: ''Stobs-rgyas Rdo-rje''; 1896–1953), also called Tobgay, was a member of the Dorji family and Bhutanese politician who served ...
and Princess ''Rani'' Chuni Wangmo of Sikkim
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on October 6, 1935 at Bhutan House, Kalimpong, India
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. He became the first Bhutanese to study in the United States
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attending Cornell University
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, which he graduated from in 1959.APFA NewDasho Lhendup Dorji Laid to Rest
Retrieved on June 3, 2007 Dorji was an avid hunter and excelled in athletics, such as boxing, golf, and tennis. He returned to Bhutan from the United States and started out measuring land. He spent months traveling around Bhutan calculating the terrain by hand using the most readily available measuring systems. He later served as Postmaster General, Paro Thrimpon, Deputy and later Secretary General of the country's Development Wing.Kuensel Onlin
Dasho Lhendup Dorji Laid to Rest
Retrieved on June 5, 2007 He is referenced by Shirley MacLaine in her book, "Don't Fall Off the Mountain", which documents a visit she made to Bhutan during which she met him. Lhendup also sometimes made his own approximation of Bhutanese curry. Dorji's nephew, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, went on to become the fourth Dragon King of Bhutan. On April 15, 2007 he died of
cancer
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in Lungtenphu, Thimphu
Thimphu (; dz, ཐིམ་ཕུག ) is the capital and largest city of Bhutan. It is situated in the western central part of Bhutan, and the surrounding valley is one of Bhutan's ''dzongkhags'', the Thimphu District. The ancient capital city ...
.
Honours
* : ** The Royal Red Scarf (1958).
** King Jigme Singye Investiture Medal (2 June 1974).
** Commemorative Silver Jubilee Medal of King Jigme Singye (2 June 1999).
Ancestry
See also
* List of prime ministers of Bhutan * House of WangchuckReferences
External links
Bhutan Political System
1935 births 2007 deaths Cornell University alumni Prime Ministers of Bhutan Lhendup Dorji {{Bhutan-politician-stub