What is Jigme Thinley?
{{Infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]] |name = Jigme Thinley |image = Jigme Thinley (cropped).jpg |office = [[Prime Minister of Bhutan]] |monarch = [[Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck]] |term_start = 9 April 2008 |term_end = 30 July 2013 |predecessor = [[Kinzang Dorji]] |successor = [[Tshering Tobgay]] |monarch1 = [[Jigme Singye Wangchuck]] |term_start1 = 30 August 2003 |term_end1 = 18 August 2004 |predecessor1 = [[Khandu Wangchuk]] |successor1 = Jigme Thinley |monarch2 = [[Jigme Singye Wangchuck]] |term_start2 = 20 July 1998 |term_end2 = 9 July 1999 |predecessor2 = [[Jigme Palden Dorji]] |successor2 = [[Sangay Ngedup]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|9|9|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Bumthang District|Bumthang]], [[Bhutan]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] {{small|(Before 2007)}}<br>[[Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party|Peace and Prosperity Party]] {{small|(2007–present)}} |alma_mater = [[Pennsylvania State University|Pennsylvania State University, University Park]] }} '''Jigme Yoser Thinley''' (born 9 September 1952) was the [[Prime Minister]] of [[Bhutan]]. He began his term as Prime Minister in 2008. It ended in 2013.<ref name=Kuensel>{{cite web|first=Rinzin |last=Wangchuk |url=http://www.kuenselonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10196 |title=New PM Takes Office |publisher=[[Kuensel]] online |date=2008-04-12 |accessdate=2011-09-01}}</ref> He was succeeded by [[Tshering Tobgay]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thinley, Jigme}} [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Bhutan]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Bhutanese politicians]] {{bio-stub}}