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The Parliament of Bhutan (Dzongkha: རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་ཁང་; Wylie: rgyal-yongs tshogs-khang) consists of the King of Bhutan together with a bicameral parliament. This bicameral parliament is made up of an upper house the National Council and a lower house the National Assembly. The current parliamentary framework replaced the unicameral Tshogdu in 2007 with the first members taking seats in 2008.

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election date leader
2006-12-14
house
National Assembly (Bhutan), National Council (Bhutan)
last election date
2007-12-31, 2010-03-24
leader
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
legislative period name
8th Session of the First Parliament
location
Thimphu
number of members
24, 47, 72
political party in legislature
Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party, People's Democratic Party (Bhutan)
type
Bicameralism

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