{"id":7847,"date":"2026-07-31T06:59:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T06:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/office--of-the-attorney-general.test\/?page_id=7847"},"modified":"2026-08-06T05:10:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T05:10:59","slug":"history-and-evolution","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oag.web7.wonstechnology.com\/?page_id=7847","title":{"rendered":"History and Evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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  • Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) conceived on the recommendation of the Special Task Force on Enhancing Good Governance under RCSC.<\/li>\n
  • Dasho Tashi Phuntshog appointed Director General.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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    • OLA was formally established on 14 April as the central legal agency of the Government.<\/li>\n
    • Prosecutorial functions transferred from RCSC and Ministry of Home Affairs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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      • Briefly renamed Department of Legal Affairs.<\/li>\n
      • Dasho Kuenlay Tshering appointed Director; name reverted to Office of Legal Affairs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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        • Council of Ministers resolved to establish the Office of the Attorney General as per Office of the Attorney General Act, 2006.<\/li>\n
        • Dasho Damcho Dorji appointed first Attorney General.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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          • Blueprint for current OAG structure developed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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            • Internal restructuring aligned with constitutional mandate.<\/li>\n
            • Construction of the current OAG office building completed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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              • enactment of new Office of the Attorney General Act repealing OAG 2006<\/li>\n
              • Introduced Rules of Procedure and Case Screening Corpus.<\/li>\n
              • Re-organized office structure with two director-led departments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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                1999 Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) conceived on the recommendation of the Special Task Force on Enhancing Good Governance under RCSC. Dasho Tashi Phuntshog appointed Director General. 2000 OLA was formally established on 14 April as the central legal agency of the Government. Prosecutorial functions transferred from RCSC and Ministry of Home Affairs. 2001 Briefly …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5982,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth-alt.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7847","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oag.web7.wonstechnology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oag.web7.wonstechnology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oag.web7.wonstechnology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oag.web7.wonstechnology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oag.web7.wonstechnology.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7847"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/oag.web7.wonstechnology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8878,"href":"https:\/\/oag.web7.wonstechnology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7847\/revisions\/8878"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oag.web7.wonstechnology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oag.web7.wonstechnology.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}