Kesang choden wangchuck
Chimi yangzom wangchuck!
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Jigme Singye Wangchuck
Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan from 1972 to 2006
This name uses Bhutanese naming customs. Bhutanese people have two given names, neither of which is a surname or family name unless they are descended from royal or noble lineages.
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.
Under Wangchuk's reign, he advocated the use of a Gross National Happiness index to measure the well-being of citizens rather than Gross domestic product.[2]
Early life
Jigme Singye Wangchuck was born in Dechencholing Palace in Thimphu, Bhutan, on 11 November 1955.[3] to Jigme Dorji Wangchuck and AshiKesang Choden Wangchuck.[4] The political officer of India stationed in Sikkim and the representative of the Sikkimese government came soon after to
