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Jigme Singye Wangchuck

1955 - Today

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Jigme Singye Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་སེང་གེ་དབང་ཕྱུག་, Wylie: jigs med seng ge dbang phyug; born 11 November 1955) is the fourth Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) of Bhutan, reigning from 1972 to 2006. He is the father of the present King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck. He is the only son of five children born to the Third King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck and Queen Mother Ashi Kesang Choden. Jigme Singye Wangchuck studied at St. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jigme Singye Wangchuck is the 1,788th most popular politician (up from 6,498th in 2019), the most popular biography from Bhutan (up from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Bhutanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jigme Singye Wangchuck ranks 1,788 out of 19,576. Before him are Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Berenice IV of Egypt, Dara Shukoh, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, Tvrtko I of Bosnia, and Heinz Fischer. After him are Berengar I of Italy, Valentinian II, Emperor Suizei, John Vorster, Nahum, and Alexander Mackenzie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Jigme Singye Wangchuck ranks 24. Before him are Akira Toriyama, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Willem Dafoe, Mo Yan, Ludovico Einaudi, and Isabelle Adjani. After him are Haitham bin Tariq, Donatella Versace, Whoopi Goldberg, Katalin Karikó, Liu Xiaobo, and Angus Young.

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In Bhutan

Among people born in Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck ranks 1 out of 17. After him are Ugyen Wangchuck (1862), Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (1929), 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 Singye Wangchuck ranks 1. After him are Ugyen Wangchuck (1862), Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (1929), Jigme Wangchuck (1905), Jigme Thinley (1952), Tshering Tobgay (1965), Lotay Tshering (1969), Sangay Ngedup (1953), and Khandu Wangchuk (1950).

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