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Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck [a] (born 21 February 1980) is the King of Bhutan. His reign began in 2006 after his father Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicated the throne. A public coronation ceremony was held on 6 November 2008, a year that marked 100 years of monarchy in Bhutan .
King Jigme Khesar was the youngest reigning monarch in the world, being 26 years old when he ascended the throne on 9 December 2006 after his father, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, abdicated the throne in his favour. [2] He was 28 years old when he was crowned on 6 November 2008. [5]
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck ruled until his death in July 1972 and was succeeded by his seventeen-year-old son, Jigme Singye Wangchuck. The close ties of the Wangchuck and Dorji families were reemphasized in the person of the new king, whose mother, Ashi Kesang Dorji (Ashi means Queen), was the sister of the lonchen, Jigme Palden Dorji. Jigme Singye ...
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (b.1980) "Fifth King"; r. 9 December 2006 – present. The ascendency of the Wangchuck family is deeply rooted in the historical politics of Bhutan . Between 1616 and 1907, varying administrative, religious, and regional powers vied for control within Bhutan.
Jigme Singye Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་སེང་གེ་དབང་ཕྱུག་, Wylie: jigs med seng ge dbang phyug; [1] born 11 November 1955), is the fourth Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) of Bhutan, reigning from 1972 to 2006. He is the father of the present King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck.
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck since 9 December 2006: 5th Dragon King (Druk Gyalpo) Details; Style: His Majesty: Heir presumptive: Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck: First monarch: Ugyen Wangchuck: Formation: 17 December 1907: Residence: Samteling Palace, Thimphu
The Torsa Strict Nature Reserve [1] (officially Jigme Khesar Strict Nature Reserve) [a] in Bhutan covers 609.51 square kilometres [b] in Haa District, occupying most of its area. Founded along with other national parks in 1993 by decision of the royal government, [ 2 ] It borders Sikkim and Tibet to the west and is connected to Jigme Dorji ...
Phuntso Wangmo, CEO, and Needrup Zangpo, Editor in Chief, of Bhutan Observer with their National Order of Merit, awarded by His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, in December, 2011. Bhutan Observer, Bhutan's first private bilingual newspaper [in Gold] (17 December 2011).