Former PM of Bhutan got the club Madrid in international. He also includes five among great leaders in the world! Leterme, Piñera, Ribas- Reig, Rudd and Thinley, new Members of the Club de Madrid December 04, 2014 The Club de Madrid’s General Assembly, recently gathered in Florence, has elected five new Members; Yves Leterme, Prime Minister of Belgium (2009-2011); Oscar Ribas- Reig, Prime Minister of Andorra (1982-1984; 1990-1994); Sebastián Piñera, President of Chile (2010-2014); Kevin Rudd , Prime Minister of Australia (2007-2010, 2013) and John Thinley, Prime Minister of Bhutan (2008-2013). With these new five appointments the Club de Madrid overpass the 100 Members mark and reach a total of 102 from every continent and political orientation working pro-bono to strengthen democratic values and institutions all over the world. Yigme Thinley, Prime Minister of Bhutan (2008-2013) Date and Place of Birth: 9 September, 1952, Bumthang (Bhutan) Education: Graduated from St Stephen’s College (New Delhi); MA in public administration at Pennsylvania State University; certificate in manpower planning and management at Manchester University Yigme Yoser Thinley is the first elected Prime Minister of Bhutan, a position he held from 2008-2013. Before Bhutans transition to democracy in 2008, he held senior positions in the Department of Home Affairs, and was Bhutans Permanent Representative to the UN. He later became Minister of Home and Cultural Affairs and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and also served two one-year terms as Prime Minister. During this period he was awarded the Red Scarf and also the Orange Scarf, and received the title of Dasho, which is roughly equivalent to a knighthood. The Thinley government oversaw the adoption of a new democratic constitution under which all government policy must be based on maximizing Gross National Happiness rather than Gross National Product.
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