Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་གེ་སར་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་,[1] born 21 Februar 1980) is the son o Jigme Singye Wangchuck an the 5t an current reignin Dragon Keeng (Druk Gyalpo) o the Kinrick o Bhutan.[2] He acame King on 9 December 2006. A public coronation ceremony wis held on 1 November 2008, an auspicious year that merked 100 years o monarchy in Bhutan.[3]

Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
འཇིགས་མེད་གེ་སར་རྣམ་
རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག
Keeng o Bhutan
Ring9 December 2006 – present
Coronation1 November 2008
PredecessorJigme Singye Wangchuck
Heir presumptiveJigyel Ugyen Wangchuck
Prime Meenisters
Born (1980-02-21) 21 Februar 1980 (age 44)
Dechencholing Palace, Bhutan
SpouseJetsun Pema (2011–present)
HooseHoose o Wangchuck
FaitherJigme Singye Wangchuck
MitherTshering Yangdon
ReleegionBuddhism

References eedit

  1. "A Legacy of Two Kings". Bhutan Department of Information Technology. Archived frae the original on 27 Mairch 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
  2. Das, Biswajyoti (18 December 2006). "Bhutan's new king committed to democracy". The Washington Post. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
  3. Royal Ark