''Lyonpo'' Yeshey Zimba (, , 10 October 1950 – 9 September 2024) was a political figure from

Bhutan Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between China to the north and northwest and India to the south and southeast. With a population of over 727,145 and a territory of , ...

. He was Prime Minister (Chairman of the Council of Ministers) of

two times: first from 2000 to 2001; then from 20 August 2004 to 5 September 2005. During this period, each minister took turns holding the chairmanship for one year. He completed his high school in North Point School and got his bachelor's degree from St. Joseph's College, Darjeeling, an affiliate of the

University of North Bengal The University of North Bengal (also North Bengal University, abbreviated as NBU) is a public state university in the North Bengal region of West Bengal, India. Its main campus is located in Raja Rammohanpur, Siliguri, Darjeeling district, in ...

. Yeshey later graduated with an MA in economics from the

University of Wisconsin–Madison The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in 1848 when Wisconsin achieved st ...

. He was the managing director of

Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan The Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan () is the central bank of Bhutan and is a member of the Asian Clearing Union. It is also the minting authority for the Bhutanese Ngultrum. The Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan was established under the R ...

from 1983 to 1986, and the chairman from 1998 to 2002.RMA
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Minister of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfolio ...

from August 1998 to July 2003. Zimba served as Minister of Trade and Industry until resigning in mid-2007 to participate in the March 2008 general election."Caretaker prime minister appointed in Bhutan"
, Indo-Asian News Service (hindustantimes.com), 3 August 2007. Following the election, he became Minister of Works and Human Settlement on 11 April 2008."Thinley takes over as Premier"
''The Hindu'', 11 April 2008.

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1950 births 2024 deaths University of North Bengal alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni Prime ministers of Bhutan Finance ministers of Bhutan Trade ministers of Bhutan Industry ministers of Bhutan Infrastructures ministers of Bhutan Bhutanese MNAs 2013–2018 21st-century Bhutanese politicians Bhutanese MNAs 2008–2013 Druk Phuensum Tshogpa MNAs Leaders of Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan {{Bhutan-politician-stub