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  2. Order of the Dragon King - Wikipedia

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    The Order of the Dragon King (Druk Gyalpo) is the highest decoration of the Kingdom of Bhutan, awarded in recognition of a lifetime of service to the people and Kingdom of Bhutan. Existing in two categories, it is the pinnacle of the honor system in Bhutan and takes precedence over all other orders, decorations and medals.

  3. King of Bhutan - Wikipedia

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    The Druk Gyalpo (King of Bhutan) is the head of state and the symbol of unity of the kingdom and of the people of Bhutan. The Constitution establishes the " Chhoe-sid-nyi " (dual system of religion and politics) of Bhutan as unified in the person of the king, who, as a Buddhist , is the upholder of the Chhoe-sid (religion and politics; temporal ...

  4. Tenzin Doendrup - Wikipedia

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    Je Thrizur was awarded Ngadag Pelgi Khorlo or the Order of the Druk Gyalpo, Bhutan's highest honor, for his contributions to the Buddhist religion and to the central monastic body by the Bhutanese king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in 2008. [1] He belonged to the Drukpa Lineage of Tibetan and Bhutanese Buddhism. His teachings were followed by ...

  5. Jigme Dorji Wangchuck - Wikipedia

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    Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་ འཇིགས་མེད་རྡོ་རྗེ་དབང་ཕྱུག་མཆོག་, Wylie: jigs med rdo rje dbang phyug; 2 May 1928 [2] [3] – 21 July 1972) was the 3rd Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan.

  6. Wangchuck dynasty - Wikipedia

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    After consolidating power, the 12th Penlop of Trongsa Gongsar Ugyen Wangchuck was elected Druk Gyalpo, thus founding the dynasty. The position of Druk Gyalpo – who heads the royal family of Bhutan – is more commonly known in English as the King of Bhutan, however "Druk Gyalpo" would be translated literally as "Dragon King" (or less commonly ...

  7. Jigme Singye Wangchuck - Wikipedia

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    The 2006 TIME 100 2006: His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan was also recognized by the 2006 TIME 100 for "setting a quietly revolutionary precedent." His legacy of Gross National Happiness, the transition from Absolute Monarchy to Democratic Constitutional Monarchy, and the Drafting of the Constitution sets a moral example of ...

  8. Ugyen Wangchuck - Wikipedia

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    Gongsar [1] Ugyen Wangchuck (Dzongkha: ཨོ་རྒྱན་དབང་ཕྱུག, Wylie: o rgyan dbang phyug; 11 June 1862 – 26 August 1926) was the first Druk Gyalpo (King) and founding father of the Kingdom of Bhutan from 1907 to 1926. In his lifetime, he made efforts to unite the fledgling country and gain the trust of the people.

  9. Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck - Wikipedia

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    Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck was born on 21 February 1980 at Kathmandu (maternity Hospital). [3] He is the eldest son of the fourth Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan, [4] Jigme Singye Wangchuck, and his third wife, Queen Ashi Tshering Yangdon. [5]