Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bhutan)

Kingdom of Bhutan དཔལ་ལྡན་འབྲུག་གཞུང་།
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade ཕྱི་འབྲལ་དང་ཕྱིར་ཚོང་ལྷན་ཁག།

Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Bhutan
Agency executives	Tandi Dorji, Minister of Foreign Affairs Pema Choden, Foreign Secretary
Website	www.mfa.gov.bt

Politics of Bhutan
Constitution Law Human rights LGBT rights
Monarchy King (list) Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Heir Apparent Crown Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck Wangchuck dynasty
State religion Dratshang Lhentshog (state religious commission) Chairman: The Je Khenpo
Government Executive Prime Minister Lotay Tshering Lhengye Zhungtshog (council of ministers) Parliament National Council National Assembly Judiciary Royal Court of Justice Supreme Court High Court Dzongkhag Courts Dungkhag Courts
Elections Recent elections Assembly: 2018 2023–24 Council: 2018 2023 Local: 2011 Political parties
Administrative divisions Districts of Bhutan Gewogs Dungkhags Thromdes Chiwogs Villages
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Tandi Dorji Diplomatic missions of / in Bhutan Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade (ཕྱི་འབྲལ་དང་ཕྱིར་ཚོང་ལྷན་ཁག) is the Bhutanese government ministry which oversees the foreign relations of Bhutan. The Royal Government of Bhutan established the Development Ministry in 1968, which was a precursor to the institution of the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1970 and subsequent up gradation to a full-fledged ministry in 1972.

Bhutan has established diplomatic relations with 52 countries and the European Union.

Departments

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for:

• Department of Bilateral Affairs
• Department of Multilateral Affairs
• Department of Protocol

List of ministers

This is a list of ministers of foreign affairs of Bhutan:^[1]

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Tenure
1	Dawa Tsering (1935–2007)		1972–1998
2	Jigme Thinley (b. 1952)		1998–2003
3	Khandu Wangchuk (b. 1950)		2003–2007
—	Yeshey Dorji Acting Minister		2007–2008
4	Ugyen Tshering (b. 1954)		2008–2013
5	Rinzin Dorji (b. 1964)		2013–2015
6	Damcho Dorji (b. 1965)		2015–2018
—	Tshering Wangchuk Advisor		2018
7	Tandi Dorji (b. 1968)		2018–present

See also

• Foreign relations of Bhutan
• List of diplomatic missions of Bhutan
• List of diplomatic missions in Bhutan

References

External links

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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