Foreign Minister of Bhutan

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Bhutan

The Foreign Minister of Bhutan occupies the Ministerial post in the Royal Government of Bhutan which deals with the country's foreign policy. The office was founded in 1968 as the Ministry of Development; it was reorganized in 1970 as the Department of Foreign Affairs. In 1972 it achieved its current form as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Bhutan has relations with 24 nations including the European Union. The current Minister of Foreign Affairs is Damcho Dorji.

List of ministers

This is a list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Bhutan:[1]

NameTook officeLeft office
Dawa Tsering19721998
Jigme Thinley19982003
Khandu Wangchuk20032007
Yeshey Dorji (acting)20072008
Ugyen Tshering20082013
Rinzin Dorj20132015
Damcho Dorji2015Incumbent

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