Kinzang Dorji

Infobox Prime Minister
name = Kinzang Dorji


order = Prime Minister of Bhutan
monarch = Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck
deputy =
term_start = 03 August 2007
term_end = 09 April 2008
predecessor = Khandu Wangchuk
successor = Jigme Thinley
monarch2 = Jigme Singye Wangchuck
deputy2 =
term_start2 = 14 August 2002
term_end2 = 30 August 2003
predecessor2 = Khandu Wangchuk
successor2 = Jigme Thinley
birth_date =
birth_place = Lyonpo Kinzang Dorji was the Prime Minister of Bhutan from 2002 to 2003 and again from 2007 to 2008.

Dorji served as Prime Minister from August 14, 2002 to August 30, 2003. He was Minister of Works and Human Settlement before being sworn in as Prime Minister again, in a caretaker capacity, on August 2 2007. This followed the resignations of Prime Minister Khandu Wangchuk and other ministers, who intended to stand in the 2008 general election. [http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=0fc17dd6-a4cd-4ccc-9dd4-e0fc571d7c02&&Headline=Caretaker+PM+appointed+in+Bhutan "Caretaker prime minister appointed in Bhutan"] , Indo-Asian News Service (hindustantimes.com), 3 August 2007.] Following the election, held in March 2008, Dorji was succeeded by Jigme Thinley on April 9 2008. [ [http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/11/stories/2008041154161800.htm "Thinley takes over as Premier"] , "The Hindu", April 11, 2008.]

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