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Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

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Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (Wylie: jigs med ge sar rnam rgyal dbang phyug born 21 February 1980) is the current reigning Druk Gyalpo or "Dragon King" of the Kingdom of Bhutan. [1]

74 relations: Abdication, Bangkok, BBC News, Bhumibol Adulyadej, Bhutan, Bhutan Observer, Bhutanese ngultrum, Business, Changlimithang Stadium, Civil service, CNN, Constitution of Bhutan, Coronation, Cushing Academy, Democratization, Druk Gyalpo, Education, Governor, Hello! (magazine), House of Wangchuck, India, Japan, Jetsun Pema, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (born 1986), Jigme Khesar Strict Nature Reserve, Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, Jigme Thinley, Jigme Wangchuck, Kabney, Kesang Choden (born 1930), Khandu Wangchuk, Kinzang Dorji, Kuensel, Lee Kuan Yew, Lingkana Palace, List of Prime Ministers of Bhutan, List of rulers of Bhutan, Magdalen College, Oxford, Majesty, Mayeum Choying Wangmo Dorji, Monarchy of Thailand, NDTV, Ngawang Namgyal, Parliament of Bhutan, Penlop of Trongsa, Phuntsho Choden, Pratibha Patil, President of India, ..., Prince Charming, Punakha, Punakha Dzong, Royal Highness, Singapore, Sonam Topgay Dorji, Tashichho Dzong, Thailand, The Washington Post, Thimphu, Thutob Namgyal, Tobacco Control Act of Bhutan 2010, Treaty, Trongsa Dzong, Tshering Tobgay, Tshering Yangdon, Ugyen Dorji, Ugyen Wangchuck, United Nations, Vajrayana, Wangdue Phodrang, Wheaton College (Massachusetts), 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, 60th Anniversary Celebrations of Bhumibol Adulyadej's Accession. Expand index (24 more) »

Abdication

Abdication is the act of formally relinquishing monarchical authority.

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Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Thailand.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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Bhumibol Adulyadej

Bhumibol Adulyadej (ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช;;; see full title below; 5 December 1927 – 13 October 2016), conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great in 1987, was the ninth monarch of Thailand from the Chakri dynasty as Rama IX.

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Bhutan

Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan (Druk Gyal Khap), is a landlocked country in South Asia.

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Bhutan Observer

The Bhutan Observer was Bhutan's first private bilingual newspaper.

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Bhutanese ngultrum

The ngultrum (དངུལ་ཀྲམ, symbol: Nu., code: BTN) is the currency of the Kingdom of Bhutan.

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Business

Business is the activity of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (goods and services).

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Changlimithang Stadium

Changlimithang Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan, which serves as the National Stadium.

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Civil service

The civil service is independent of government and composed mainly of career bureaucrats hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership.

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel and an independent subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia.

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Constitution of Bhutan

The Constitution of Bhutan (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་གི་རྩ་ཁྲིམས་ཆེན་མོ་; Wylie: 'Druk-gi cha-thrims-chen-mo) was enacted 18 July 2008 by the Royal Government of Bhutan.

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Coronation

A coronation is the act of placement or bestowal of a crown upon a monarch's head.

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Cushing Academy

Cushing Academy, in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, United States, is a private, coeducational college-preparatory school (grades 9–12 and a postgraduate year) for boarding and day students.

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Democratization

Democratization (or democratisation) is the transition to a more democratic political regime.

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Druk Gyalpo

The Druk Gyalpo (lit. "Dragon King" or the King of Bhutan) is the head of state of the Kingdom of Bhutan.

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Education

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits.

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Governor

A governor is, in most cases, a public official with the power to govern the executive branch of a non-sovereign or sub-national level of government, ranking under the head of state.

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Hello! (magazine)

Hello! is a weekly magazine specialising in celebrity news and human-interest stories, published in the United Kingdom since 1988.

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House of Wangchuck

The House of Wangchuck has ruled Bhutan since it was reunified in 1907.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Jetsun Pema

Jetsun Pema (རྗེ་བཙུན་པདྨ་; Wylie: rje btsun padma; born 4 June 1990) is the queen consort (Druk Gyaltsuen, literally meaning "Dragon Queen") of Bhutan, as the wife of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.

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Jigme Dorji Wangchuck

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (Wylie: 'jigs med rdo rje dbang phyug; 2 May 1929 – 21 July 1972) was the Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan.

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Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (born 1986)

Prince Gyaltshab Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (born 14 April 1986) is the 3rd eldest Prince of Bhutan.

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Jigme Khesar Strict Nature Reserve

The Jigme Khesar Strict Nature Reserve (formerly Toorsa Strict Nature Reserve) in Bhutan covers in Haa District, occupying most of its area.

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Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck

Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck (born 5 February 2016) is the first child and heir apparent of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan.

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Jigme Singye Wangchuck

Jigme Singye Wangchuck (-->born 11 November 1955) is the former King of Bhutan (Druk Gyalpo) from 1972 until his abdication in favour of his eldest son, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, in 2006.

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Jigme Thinley

Dasho (Lord) Jigme Yoser Thinley (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་འོད་ཟེར་འཕྲིན་ལས་; Wylie: 'Jigs-med 'Od-zer 'Phrin-las) (born 9 September 1952) was the Prime Minister of Bhutan from April 2008 to April 2013.

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Jigme Wangchuck

Jigme Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་དབང་ཕྱུག, Wylie: 'jigs med dbang phyug; 1905 – 30 March 1952) was the Druk Gyalpo or king of Bhutan from 21 August 1926, until his death.

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Kabney

A kabney (Dzongkha: བཀབ་ནེ་; Wylie: bkab-ne) is a silk scarf worn as a part of the gho, the traditional male costume in Bhutan.

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Kesang Choden (born 1930)

Ashi Kesang Choden (born 21 May 1930) is the Queen Grandmother of Bhutan.

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Khandu Wangchuk

Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk (born 24 November 1950 in Paro) is a political figure in Bhutan.

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Kinzang Dorji

Lyonpo Kinzang Dorji (born 19 February 1951) is a two-time former Prime Minister of Bhutan from 2002 to 2003 and again from 2007 to 2008.

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Kuensel

Kuensel (ཀུན་གསལ།, Clarity) is the national newspaper of the Kingdom of Bhutan.

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Lee Kuan Yew

Lee Kuan Yew GCMG CH SPMJ (16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), commonly referred to by his initials LKY, was the first Prime Minister of Singapore, governing for three decades.

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Lingkana Palace

Lingkana Palace is a residence of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan.

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List of Prime Ministers of Bhutan

The Prime Minister of Bhutan is the head of government of Bhutan.

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List of rulers of Bhutan

Bhutan was founded and unified as a country by Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche in the mid–17th century.

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Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford.

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Majesty

Majesty (abbreviation HM, oral address Your Majesty) is an English word derived ultimately from the Latin maiestas, meaning greatness, and used as a style by many monarchs, usually kings or sultanss.

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Mayeum Choying Wangmo Dorji

Ashi Mayeum Choying Wangmo Dorji was the mother of Queen Grandmother Ashi Kesang Choden of Bhutan.

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Monarchy of Thailand

The monarchy of Thailand (whose monarch is referred to as the King of Thailand or historically as the King of Siam; พระมหากษัตริย์ไทย) refers to the constitutional monarchy and monarch of the Kingdom of Thailand (formerly Siam). The King of Thailand is the head of state and head of the ruling Royal House of Chakri. Although the current Chakri Dynasty was created in 1782, the existence of the institution of monarchy in Thailand is traditionally considered to have its roots from the founding of the Sukhothai Kingdom in 1238, with a brief interregnum from the death of Ekkathat to the accession of Taksin in the 18th century. The institution was transformed into a constitutional monarchy in 1932 after the bloodless Siamese Revolution of 1932. The monarchy's official ceremonial residence is the Grand Palace in Bangkok, while the private residence has been at the Dusit Palace. The King of Thailand's titles include Head of State, Head of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, Adherent of Buddhism and Upholder of religions.

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NDTV

New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) is an Indian television media company founded in 1988 by Radhika Roy, a journalist.

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Ngawang Namgyal

Ngawang Namgyal (later granted the honorific Zhabdrung Rinpoche approximately at whose feet one submits) (alternate spellings include Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel; 1594–1651) and known colloquially as the Bearded Lama, was a Tibetan Buddhist lama and the unifier of Bhutan as a nation-state.

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Parliament of Bhutan

The Parliament of Bhutan (རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་ཁང་ gyelyong tshokhang) consists of the King of Bhutan together with a bicameral parliament.

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Penlop of Trongsa

Penlop of Trongsa (Dzongkha: ཀྲོང་གསར་དཔོན་སློབ་; Wylie: Krong-gsar dpon-slob), also called Chhoetse Penlop (Dzongkha: ཆོས་རྩེ་དཔོན་སློབ་; Wylie: Chos-rtse dpon-slob; also spelled "Chötse"),The spelling of this title varies widely in sources because transliterations of Tibetan script and transcriptions of Tibetan phonology differ.

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Phuntsho Choden

Ashi Phuntsho Choden was the Queen consort of Bhutan.

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Pratibha Patil

Pratibha Rao Patil (born 19 December 1934) is an Indian politician who served as the 12th President of India from 2007 to 2012.

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President of India

The President of the Republic of India is the head of state of India and the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces.

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Prince Charming

Prince Charming is a fairy tale character who comes to the rescue of a damsel in distress and must engage in a quest to liberate her from an evil spell.

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Punakha

Punakha (སྤུ་ན་ཁ་) is the administrative centre of Punakha dzongkhag, one of the 20 districts of Bhutan.

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Punakha Dzong

The Punakha Dzong, also known as Pungtang Dewa chhenbi Phodrang (meaning "the palace of great happiness or bliss"), is the administrative centre of Punakha District in Punakha, Bhutan.

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Royal Highness

Royal Highness (abbreviated HRH for His Royal Highness or Her Royal Highness) is a style used to address or refer to some members of royal families, usually princes or princesses.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia.

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Sonam Topgay Dorji

Sir Raja Sonam Topgay Dorji (CIE) (Dzongkha:སྟོབས་རྒྱས་རྡོ་རྗེ་; Wylie transliteration: Stobs-rgyas Rdo-rje) (1896–1953), also called Tobgay, was a member of the Dorji family and Bhutanese politician who served between 1917 and 1952 in the Royal Government under the First and Second Kings of Bhutan.

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Tashichho Dzong

Tashichhoedzong (བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཆོས་རྫོང) is a Buddhist monastery and fortress on the northern edge of the city of Thimphu in Bhutan, on the western bank of the Wang Chu.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a unitary state at the center of the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula composed of 76 provinces.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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Thimphu

Thimphu (ཐིམ་ཕུ; formerly spelled as Thimbu or Thimpu) is the capital and largest city of the Kingdom of Bhutan.

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Thutob Namgyal

Thutob Namgyal (Sikkimese:; Wylie: mthu-stobs rnam-rgyal) (1860 – 11 February 1914) was the ruling chogyal (monarch) of Sikkim between 1874 and 1914.

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Tobacco Control Act of Bhutan 2010

The Tobacco Control Act of Bhutan (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་གི་ཏམ་ཁུ་དམ་འཛིན་བཅའ་ཁྲིམས་ཅན་མ་; Wylie: 'Drug-gi tam-khu dam-'dzin bca'-khrims can-ma) was enacted by parliament on 16 June 2010.

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Treaty

A treaty is an agreement under international law entered into by actors in international law, namely sovereign states and international organizations.

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Trongsa Dzong

Trongsa Dzong is the largest dzong fortress in Bhutan, located in Trongsa (formerly Tongsa) in Trongsa district, in the centre of the country.

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Tshering Tobgay

Lyonpo Tshering Tobgay (born 19 September 1965) is a Bhutanese politician, environmentalist, and cultural advocate who has been the Prime Minister of Bhutan since July 2013.

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Tshering Yangdon

Queen Mother Tshering Yangdon (born 21 June 1959) is the third wife of the former Bhutanese king, Jigme Singye Wangchuck.

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Ugyen Dorji

Ugyen Dorji (ཨོ་རྒྱན་རྡོ་རྗེ་,, 1855–1916) was a member of the elite Dorji family and an influential Bhutanese politician.

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Ugyen Wangchuck

Gongsar Ugyen Wangchuck (ཨོ་རྒྱན་དབང་ཕྱུག,, 11 June 1862 – 26 August 1926) was the first Druk Gyalpo (King of Bhutan) from 1907–1926.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order.

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Vajrayana

Vajrayāna, Mantrayāna, Tantrayāna, Tantric Buddhism and Esoteric Buddhism are the various Buddhist traditions of Tantra and "Secret Mantra", which developed in medieval India and spread to Tibet and East Asia.

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Wangdue Phodrang

Wangdue Phodrang (Dzongkha 'Wangdi Phodr'a) is a town and capital (dzongkhag thromde) of Wangdue Phodrang District in central Bhutan.

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Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

Wheaton College is a four-year, private liberal arts college with a student body of approximately 1,650.

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2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

The was a magnitude 9.0–9.1 (Mw) undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on Friday 11 March 2011, with the epicentre approximately east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku and the hypocenter at an underwater depth of approximately.

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60th Anniversary Celebrations of Bhumibol Adulyadej's Accession

The Sixtieth Anniversary Celebrations of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's Accession to the Throne 2006 (งานฉลองสิริราชสมบัติครบ ๖๐ ปี พ.ศ. ๒๕๔๙.; ''RIT translit.'' Ngan Chalong Siriratchasombat Khrop Hok Sip Pi Pho So Song Phan Ha Roi Si Sip Kao) were the celebrations held throughout Thailand in 2006 to celebrate King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 60th year on the throne.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigme_Khesar_Namgyel_Wangchuck

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