The Dzongkha Development Commission ( རྫོང་ཁ་གོང་འཕེལ་ལྷན་ཚོགས ; DDC ) is the pre-eminent body on matters pertaining to the Dzongkha language . The DDC was officially established in 1986 by Jigme Singye Wangchuck , the fourth king of Bhutan , to preserve and promote the use of Dzongkha as the national language of Bhutan. The DDC offices are now located in the Kawajangtsa area of Thimphu , close to the National Library of Bhutan and the Ministry of Education.
3-628: The Dzongkha Development Commission consists of two parts: the Commission itself having nine eminent members (or commissioners) chaired by the Prime Minister of Bhutan ; and the DDC Secretariat which carries out the day-to-day work of the commission. The body has the task of acting as an official authority on the language. It is charged with promoting the use of Dzongkha; researching and publishing official dictionaries and grammar of
6-540: The head of government of Bhutan . The prime minister is nominated by the party that wins the most seats in the National Assembly (Gyelyong Tshogdu) and heads the executive cabinet , called the Council of Ministers (Lhengye Zhungtshog). On 9 April 2008, Jigme Thinley became the first elected prime minister; he took office following the country's first democratic election . The current prime minister
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