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Thinley takes over as Bhutan Prime Minister |
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Jigmi Y. Thinley, who has had close ties with India, has taken over as Bhutan’s first elected Prime Minister, a post he held twice under the monarchy. Thinley’s Druk Pheunsum Tshogpa [DPT] won a landslide victory in Bhutan’s first parliamentary elections held on March 24, winning all but two of the 47 seats. Most Bhutanese had expected a close fight between the DPT and the People’s Democratic Party [PDP]. After all, the two parties had issued similar manifestos, largely pledging t carry on ...
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