''Lyonpo'' Yeshey Zimba (born 10 October 1952) is a political figure from

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 mountainous ...

. He was Prime Minister (Chairman of the Council of Ministers) of

two times: first from 2000 to 2001; then from 20 August 2004 to 5 September 2005. During this period, each minister took turns holding the chairmanship for one year. He completed his high school in

North Point School St. Joseph's School, Darjeeling, popularly called North Point or N.P. (as it serves as a landmark for the North Point locality in Darjeeling), is a private Catholic school, Catholic primary and secondary school for boys located in Darjeeling, West ...

and got his bachelor's degree from St. Joseph's College, Darjeeling, an affiliate of the

University of North Bengal University of North Bengal (abbreviated as NBU) is a public state collegiate major research university in North Bengal region of West Bengal, which is located in Raja Rammohanpur, Siliguri, Darjeeling district, in the Indian state of West Be ...

. Yeshey later graduated with an MA in Economics from the

University of Wisconsin–Madison A university () is an educational institution, institution of higher education, higher (or Tertiary education, tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. Universities ty ...

. He was the managing director of

Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan The Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan ( dz, བྲུག་རྒྱལ་གཞུང་དངུལ་ལས་དབང་འཛིན་) is the central bank of Bhutan and is a member of the Asian Clearing Union. It is also the minting aut ...

from 1983 to 1986, and the chairman from 1998 to 2002.RMA
/ref> He was

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

from August 1998 to July 2003. Zimba served as Minister of Trade and Industry until resigning in mid-2007 to participate in the March 2008 general election."Caretaker prime minister appointed in Bhutan"
, Indo-Asian News Service (hindustantimes.com), 3 August 2007. Following the election, he became Minister of Works and Human Settlement on 11 April 2008."Thinley takes over as Premier"
''The Hindu'', 11 April 2008.

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1952 births Living people University of North Bengal alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni Prime Ministers of Bhutan Finance ministers of Bhutan Trade ministers of Bhutan Industry ministers of Bhutan Infrastructures ministers of Bhutan Bhutanese MNAs 2013–2018 21st-century Bhutanese politicians Druk Phuensum Tshogpa politicians Bhutanese politicians Bhutanese MNAs 2008–2013 Druk Phuensum Tshogpa MNAs {{Bhutan-politician-stub