{"id":416,"date":"2016-09-08T07:57:55","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T07:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mohca.gov.bt\/?page_id=416"},"modified":"2022-06-23T16:32:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T10:32:06","slug":"background","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.moha.gov.bt\/?page_id=416","title":{"rendered":"Background"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #242424;\"><strong>Brief Background of the Ministry<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #1e0429;\">First established as the Ministry of Home Affairs following the formation of the Council of Ministers in 1968 during the 28th Session of the National Assembly<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #1e0429;\">Appointed Late Lyonpo Tamzhing Jagar as the First Home Minister (Kidu Lyonpo)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #1e0429;\">In 2004, the Commission for Cultural Affairs was clubbed under the Ministry and renamed as the Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>List of Home Ministers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border-radius: 20px; -moz-border-radius: 20px; -webkit-border-radius: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/moha.gov.bt\/image\/Jagar.jpg\" width=\"192\" height=\"179\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border-radius: 20px; -moz-border-radius: 20px; -webkit-border-radius: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/moha.gov.bt\/image\/Prince.jpg\" width=\"215\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Late Lyonpo Tamzing Jagar (<span style=\"color: #000080;\">1968 &#8211; 1985<\/span>) 2. HRH Prince Namgyal Wangchuk (<span style=\"color: #000080;\">1985 -1991<\/span>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border-radius: 20px; -moz-border-radius: 20px; -webkit-border-radius: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/moha.gov.bt\/image\/Dago.jpg\" width=\"209\" height=\"218\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border-radius: 20px; -moz-border-radius: 20px; -webkit-border-radius: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/moha.gov.bt\/image\/Thinley.jpg\" width=\"182\" height=\"214\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Lyonpo Dago Tshering (<span style=\"color: #000080;\">1991 &#8211; 1998<\/span>)<\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 4. Lyonpo Thinley Gyamtsho (<span style=\"color: #000080;\">1998 &#8211; 2003<\/span>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border-radius: 20px; -moz-border-radius: 20px; -webkit-border-radius: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/moha.gov.bt\/image\/Jigme.jpg\" width=\"205\" height=\"201\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border-radius: 20px; -moz-border-radius: 20px; -webkit-border-radius: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/moha.gov.bt\/image\/Minjur.jpg\" width=\"206\" height=\"203\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Lyonpo Jigme Y. Thinley (<span style=\"color: #000080;\">2003 &#8211; 2007<\/span>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6. Lyonpo Minjur Dorji \u00a0(<span style=\"color: #000080;\">2007 &#8211; 2013<\/span>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border-radius: 20px; -moz-border-radius: 20px; -webkit-border-radius: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/moha.gov.bt\/image\/Damcho.jpg\" width=\"211\" height=\"189\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border-radius: 20px; -moz-border-radius: 20px; -webkit-border-radius: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mohca.gov.bt\/image\/Gyeltshen.jpg\" width=\"207\" height=\"188\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Lyonpo Damcho Dorji (<span style=\"color: #000080;\">2013 &#8211; 2015<\/span>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8. Lyonpo Dawa Gyeltshen (<span style=\"color: #000080;\">2015 &#8211; 2018)<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border-radius: 20px; -moz-border-radius: 20px; -webkit-border-radius: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/moha.gov.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/lyonpoSG.png\" width=\"199\" height=\"238\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border-radius: 20px; -moz-border-radius: 20px; -webkit-border-radius: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/moha.gov.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ugyenDorjiMoHCA.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"238\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>9. Lyonpo (Dasho) Sherub Gyeltshen (<span style=\"color: #000080;\">2018 &#8211; 2021<\/span>)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a010. 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