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Jigme Singye Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་སེང་གེ་དབང་ཕྱུག་, Wylie: jigs med seng ge dbang phyug; [1] born 11 November 1955) is a member of the House of Wangchuck who was the king of Bhutan (Druk Gyalpo) from 1972 until his abdication in 2006.
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 ...
The King of Bhutan, formally known as the Druk Gyalpo ("Dragon King"), also occupies the office of Druk Desi under the "Dual System of Government". Since the enactment of the Constitution of 2008 , the Druk Gyalpo has remained head of state , while the Prime Minister of Bhutan acts as executive and head of government in a parliamentary ...
Prince Dasho Khamsum Singye Wangchuck (born 6 October 1985) is a prince of Bhutan.He is the son of the fourth King of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck and his wife, Queen Mother Ashi Sangay Choden Wangchuck.
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 ...
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]
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She is the daughter of the fourth King of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Pem Wangchuck. She is a half-sister of the fifth King, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck . She is eighth in the line of succession to the Bhutanese throne.