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Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
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King of Bhutan | |
Reign | 9 December 2006 – present |
Coronation | 6 November 2008 |
Predecessor | Jigme Singye Wangchuck |
Heir apparent | Crown Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck[1] |
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Born | Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital, Kathmandu, Bagmati Zone, Kingdom of Nepal (present-day Bagmati Province, Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal)[2] | 21 February 1980
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House | Wangchuck |
Father | Jigme Singye Wangchuck |
Mother | Tshering Yangdon |
Religion | Drukpa Kagyu |
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Education | Wheaton College Magdalen College, Oxford |
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Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་གེ་སར་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་, Wylie: jigs med ge sar rnam rgyal dbang phyug;[3] born 21 February 1980) is the Druk Gyalpo (Dzongkha: Dragon King), the monarch of the Kingdom of Bhutan.[4] After his father Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicated the throne, he became the monarch on 9 December 2006. A public coronation ceremony was held on 6 November 2008, a year that marked 100 years of monarchy in Bhutan.
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