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Jigme Dorji Wangchuck

1929 - 1972

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Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་ འཇིགས་མེད་རྡོ་རྗེ་དབང་ཕྱུག་མཆོག་, Wylie: jigs med rdo rje dbang phyug; 2 May 1928 – 21 July 1972) was King of Bhutan from 30 March 1952 until his death in 1972. He began to open Bhutan to the outside world, began modernization, and took the first step towards democratization. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jigme Dorji Wangchuck is the 5,188th most popular politician (up from 5,886th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Bhutan (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Bhutanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck ranks 5,188 out of 19,576. Before him are John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Seleucus V Philometor, Bahlul Lodi, Muhammad bin Nayef, Margaret of Bavaria, and Victor Adler. After him are Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Michael Jeffery, Mihailo Obrenović, Franz Gürtner, John, Constable of Portugal, and Sisebut.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck ranks 109. Before him are Peter L. Berger, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, Andriyan Nikolayev, Joan Plowright, and Michael Atiyah. After him are Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Věra Chytilová, Branko Zebec, June Carter Cash, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, and André Previn. Among people deceased in 1972, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck ranks 45. Before him are Emil Maurice, Lale Andersen, Said bin Taimur, Ferdinand Čatloš, Louis Leakey, and Josep Samitier. After him are Natalie Clifford Barney, Eugène Tisserant, Fredric Brown, Bronislava Nijinska, Akim Tamiroff, and Jo Bonnier.

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In Bhutan

Among people born in Bhutan, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck ranks 3 out of 17. Before him are Jigme Singye Wangchuck (1955), and Ugyen Wangchuck (1862). After him are Jigme Wangchuck (1905), Jigme Thinley (1952), Tshering Tobgay (1965), Jetsun Pema (1990), Lotay Tshering (1969), Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche (1961), Sangay Ngedup (1953), Kunzang Choden (1952), and Khandu Wangchuk (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bhutan

Among politicians born in Bhutan, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck ranks 3. Before him are Jigme Singye Wangchuck (1955), and Ugyen Wangchuck (1862). After him are Jigme Wangchuck (1905), Jigme Thinley (1952), Tshering Tobgay (1965), Lotay Tshering (1969), Sangay Ngedup (1953), and Khandu Wangchuk (1950).

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