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Jigme Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་དབང་ཕྱུག, Wylie: ’jigs med dbang phyug; 1905 – 30 March 1952) was the (Dzongkha འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་གཉིས་པ) 2nd Druk Gyalpo or king of Bhutan from 26 August 1926, until his death. He pursued legal and infrastructural reform during his reign.
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]
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Prince Dasho Ugyen Jigme Wangchuck (Dzongkha: ཨོ་རྒྱན་འཇིགས་མེད་དབང་ཕྱུག, born 11 November 1994) [1] is a member of the royal family of Bhutan and is the youngest of the sons of the fourth King of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck and his wife, Queen Mo</></ref>ther Ashi Tshering Pem Wangchuck.
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 was also responsible for the development of new policies in the environment and ...
Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་, Wylie: jigs med rnam rgyal dbang phyug; born 5 February 2016) [1] is the first child and heir apparent of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan and his wife, Queen Jetsun Pema. He has been the Crown Prince of Bhutan ...
Jigme Singye Wangchuck: Nu.500 155 x 70 mm Pink, orange and green Ugyen Wangchuck with the Raven Crown: Punakha Dzong: 2006 2011 November 20, 2006 Jigme Singye Wangchuk: Nu.1000 165 x 70 mm Yellow, red and gold Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck with the Raven Crown: Tashichho Dzong: 2008 2016 November 6, 2008 Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
The construction of roads expanded vigorously to the end of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck's reign; by his death, more than 1200 km (750 miles) of road had been built in the country. [14] His last visit to central Bhutan was partly to open the Zhunglam, the highway between Wangdue Phodrang and Trongsa , in 1971.