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Jigme Wangchuck

1905 - 1952

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Jigme Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་དབང་ཕྱུག, Wylie: ’jigs med dbang phyug; 1905 – 30 March 1952) was King of Bhutan from 26 August 1926 until his death in 1952. He pursued legal and infrastructural reform during his reign. Bhutan continued to maintain almost complete isolation from the outside world during this period; its only foreign relations were with the British Raj in India, under which Bhutan was a protected state. He was succeeded by his son, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jigme Wangchuck is the 5,887th most popular politician (up from 7,450th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Bhutan and the 4th most popular Bhutanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jigme Wangchuck ranks 5,887 out of 19,576. Before him are Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este, Adélaïde d'Orléans, Agrippa Menenius Lanatus, Emperor Rokujō, Everard des Barres, and Hailemariam Desalegn. After him are Jadranka Kosor, Henry II, Duke of Lorraine, Igor Ivanov, Jin Youzhi, Marcus Manlius Capitolinus, and Zhu Wen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Jigme Wangchuck ranks 73. Before him are Hans Urs von Balthasar, Sebastian Shaw, Barnett Newman, André Jolivet, Nikolai Tikhonov, and Gareth Jones. After him are Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Federica Montseny, Heinz Lammerding, Banine, Wolfram Sievers, and Pierre Levegh. Among people deceased in 1952, Jigme Wangchuck ranks 41. Before him are Jack Parsons, Efim Bogoljubov, Joseph Avenol, Bernard Lyot, Robert Guérin, and René Grousset. After him are Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Hans Kramers, Kurt Schumacher, Louise d'Orléans, Viktor Chernov, and Luigi Fagioli.

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In Bhutan

Among people born in Bhutan, Jigme Wangchuck ranks 4 out of 17. Before him are Jigme Singye Wangchuck (1955), Ugyen Wangchuck (1862), and Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (1929). After him are 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 Wangchuck ranks 4. Before him are Jigme Singye Wangchuck (1955), Ugyen Wangchuck (1862), and Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (1929). After him are Jigme Thinley (1952), Tshering Tobgay (1965), Lotay Tshering (1969), Sangay Ngedup (1953), and Khandu Wangchuk (1950).

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