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Bhutan

Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked South Asian country, which is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south.

Entities

Our standard dataset contains 219 entities connected with Bhutan. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Data sources

We are not yet including any data published by authorities or organizations based in Bhutan. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

Sanctions programs/policies targeting Bhutan

We are not yet including any targeting entities that are based in Bhutan.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 150 entities identified as PEPs connected with Bhutan.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Druk Gyaltsuen--1
King1--
Prime Minister1--
Prime Minister of Bhutan-5-
National executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Chief Advisor of Bhutan-2-
Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade-52
Minister for Information and Communication--1
Minister of Agriculture & Livestock1--
Minister of Agriculture and Livestock--2
Minister of Economic Affairs of Bhutan--1
Minister of Education & Skills Development1--
Minister of Education and Skills Development-12
Minister of Energy & Natural Resources1--
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources--1
Minister of Finance1--
Minister of Finance of Bhutan-12
Minister of Foreign Affairs & External Trade1--
Minister of Health1--
Minister of Health of Bhutan--2
Minister of Home Affairs112
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Employment-22
Minister of Industry, Commerce, & Employment1--
Minister of Infrastructure & Transport1--
Minister of Infrastructure and Transport--1
Minister of Works and Human Settlement-11
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of the National Assembly--48
Member of the National Assembly of Bhutan-1835
Member of the National Council of Bhutan-232
National judicial branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Chief Justice of Bhutan-3-
National securityCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Chief Operations Officer of the Royal Bhutan Army--1
Central banking and financial integrityCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Governor of the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan--1
Governor, Royal Monetary Authority1--
Diplomatic rolesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
ambassadeur de Suisse au Bhoutan--1
ambassador of Afghanistan to Bhutan--1
ambassador of Norway to Bhutan--1
Ambassador of Spain to Bhutan-41

Intergovernmental positions

Number of known occupants
International bodiesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York1--

Subnational government positions

No positions for this category

Other positions

Number of known occupants
PositionCurrentEndedStatus unclear
King of Bhutan1--
Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade of the Kingdom of Bhutan1--
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan1--

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...