Bhutan Parliament

Current and former members of both chambers of Bhutan's Parliament.

Bhutan's Parliament is the bicameral national legislature established under the 2008 Constitution. It comprises the National Council (Gyelyong Tshogde), a 25-seat upper house, and the National Assembly (Gyelyong Tshogdu), a 47-seat lower house.

The dataset lists members of both chambers across every parliamentary term since the first Parliament was convened in 2008, covering sitting members as well as those who served in earlier terms. National Council seats are filled by one elected member per dzongkhag (district), together with five members appointed by the King; National Assembly members represent single-member constituencies.

Data overview 

Entities:
Total444
Searchable203
Targets201
Entity types:
People201
Positions2
Countries:
Bhutan203
Publisher:Chi Tshog · Bhutan

The Parliament of Bhutan (Chi Tshog) is the bicameral national legislature established under the 2008 Constitution. It consists of the Druk Gyalpo (King), the National Council and the National Assembly.

Collections:in OpenSanctions Default · Politically Exposed Persons Datasets
Information:www.parliament.gov.bt
Source data:cms.parliament.gov.bt · JSON
Tags:list.pep
Coverage:added · frequency: monthly
Last processed:
2026-07-29 09:27:11 · v. 20260729092711-frf
Last change:

Bulk download 

Downloads contain the full set of entities contained in this dataset. You can fetch a simplified tabular form, or detailed, structured data in JSON format. Updated files will be provided once a day at the same location.

File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities182.26 KB
names.txtTarget names text file3.87 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format109.71 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON285.48 KB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV33.98 KB

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Using the API 

You can query the data in this dataset via these API endpoints:

For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint:
Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:

Recent additions 

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
Hon. Namgay DorjiPersonBhutan
Hon. Kamal Bdr GurungPersonBhutan
H.E. Namgay DorjiPersonBhutan
Hon. Dr. Tek Bdr RaiPersonBhutan
Hon. Naiten WangchukPersonBhutan
H.E. Nima Sangay TsempoPersonBhutan
Hon. Mingbu DukpaPersonBhutan
H.E. TsheringPersonBhutan
Hon. Sonam DorjiPersonBhutan
Hon. Madan Kumar ChhetriPersonBhutan
Hon. PempaPersonBhutan
Hon. Loday TshetenPersonBhutan
Hon. Tek Bahadur SubhaPersonBhutan
H.E. Dawa GyeltshenPersonBhutan
Hon. Lhakpa Tshering TamangPersonBhutan
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