The All People's Party (APP) is a former
political party
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in
Bhutan
Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between China to the north and northwest and India to the south and southeast. With a population of over 727,145 and a territory of , ...
. Its leader was former
Prime Minister
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Jigme Y. Thinley.
On July 25, 2007, the relatively strong APP merged with the failing
Bhutan People's Unity Party, led by former lyonpo (assemblyman) Yeshey Zimba; the two parties unified as the
Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party.
Both the PUP and APP had been registered with the Election Commission.
See also
*
List of political parties in Bhutan
*
2008 Bhutanese general election
References
Defunct political parties in Bhutan
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