Prime Minister of Bhutan

The **prime minister of Bhutan** (**Lyonchhen**) is the head of government of Bhutan.

## Prime ministers of the Kingdom of Bhutan

list of Prime Ministers of Bhutan

### Chief ministers (Gongzim)

|rowspan="2" colspan="2"||rowspan="2" style="width:60px;"|Portrait|rowspan="2" style="width:150px;"|Name|colspan="3"|Term of office|rowspan="2"|Political party|rowspan="2"|King|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||**Ugyen Dorji**|1907|1916|3285|Independent|||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Sonam Topgay Dorji**|rowspan="2"|1917|rowspan="2"|1952|rowspan="2"|12775|rowspan="2"|Independent|

### Prime ministers (Lyonchen)

|rowspan="2" colspan="2"||rowspan="2" style="width:60px;"|Portrait|rowspan="2" style="width:150px;"|Name|colspan="3"|Term of office|rowspan="2"|Political party|rowspan="2"|Election|rowspan="2"|Cabinet|rowspan="2"|King|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||**Jigme Palden Dorji**|1952|6 April 1964|4380|Independent|—|—|||||||||
|colspan="10"|_Vacant (6 April 1964–25 July 1964)_|||||||||||||||
||**Lhendup Dorji**|25 July 1964|27 November 1964||Independent|—|—|||||||||
|colspan="10" rowspan="2"|_Post Abolished (27 November 1964–20 July 1998)_|||||||||||||||
||**Jigme Thinley**|20 July 1998|9 July 1999||Independent|—|—|||||||||
||**Sangay Ngedup**|9 July 1999|20 July 2000||Independent|—|—|||||||||
||**Yeshey Zimba**|20 July 2000|8 August 2001||Independent|—|—|||||||||
||**Khandu Wangchuk**|8 August 2001|14 August 2002||Independent|—|—|||||||||
||**Kinzang Dorji**|14 August 2002|30 August 2003||Independent|—|—|||||||||
||**Jigme Thinley**|30 August 2003|18 August 2004||Independent|—|—|||||||||
||**Yeshey Zimba**|18 August 2004|5 September 2005||Independent|—|—|||||||||
||**Sangay Ngedup**|5 September 2005|7 September 2006||Independent|—|—|||||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Khandu Wangchuk**|rowspan="2"|7 September 2006|rowspan="2"|31 July 2007|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Independent|rowspan="2"|—|rowspan="2"|—|
||**Kinzang Dorji**|31 July 2007|9 April 2008||Independent|—|—|||||||||
|colspan="10"|_Democratically elected_|||||||||||||||
||**Jigme Thinley**|9 April 2008|28 April 2013||DPT|2008|2008 Thinley Cabinet|||||||||
||**Sonam Tobgye**|28 April 2013|27 July 2013||Independent|—|2013 Tobgye Interim Cabinet|||||||||
||**Tshering Tobgay**|27 July 2013|9 August 2018||PDP|2013|2013 Tobgay Cabinet|||||||||
||**Tshering Wangchuk**|9 August 2018|7 November 2018||Independent|—|2018 Wangchuk Interim Cabinet|||||||||
||**Lotay Tshering**|7 November 2018|1 November 2023||DNT|2018|2018 Tshering Cabinet|||||||||
||**Chogyal Dago Rigdzin**|1 November 2023|28 January 2024||Independent|—|2023 Rigdzin Interim Cabinet|||||||||
||**Tshering Tobgay**|28 January 2024|Incumbent||PDP|2023|2024 Tobgay Cabinet|||||||||

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Prime Minister
- **body**: Bhutan
- **insignia**: Bhutan emblem.svg
- **insigniasize**: 125px
- **insigniacaption**: Emblem of Bhutan
- **image**: Tshering Tobgay.jpg
- **imagesize**: 200px
- **incumbent**: Tshering Tobgay
- **incumbentsince**: 28 January 2023
- **style**: Prime Minister
 (informal)
The Right Honourable, The Honourable
 (formal)
Excellency, His Excellency
 (formal, diplomatic)
- **appointer**: Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

- **formation**: 1907
1952
- **inaugural**: Ugyen Dorji

Jigme Palden Dorji

- **salary**: 37,365 USD annually