Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
Parallel form(s) of name
འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་ འཇིགས་མེད་རྡོ་རྗེ་དབང་ཕྱུག་མཆོག་
Druk Gyalpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
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Description area
Dates of existence
2 May 1928 - 21 July 1972
History
3rd Druk Gylapo (King) of Bhutan (30 March 1952-21 July 1972)
"Father of modern Bhtuan". He began to open Bhutan to the outside world, began modernization, and took the first step towards democratization.
Only child of Druk Gylapo Jigme Wangchuck and Ashi Phuntsho Choden Wangchuck.
Married in 1951 to Ashi Kesang Choden (b.1930). They had five children. He also had a concubine and four additional children.
Places
Bhtuan
Legal status
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Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
Phuntsho Choden Wangchuck (1911-2003)
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
family
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
mother-son
Related entity
Jigme Wangchuk (1905-1952)
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
family
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Father-son
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Occupations
Head of State
Note
Monarch
Note
Druk Gyalpo (see also: H.H. Maharaja, King)