Jigme Singye Wangchuck

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Jigme Singye Wangchuck འཇིགས་མེད་སེང་གེ་དབང་ཕྱུག་
Wangchuck in 2008
King of Bhutan
Reign	24 July 1972 – 9 December 2006
Coronation	2 June 1974
Predecessor	Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
Successor	Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Born	(1955-11-11) 11 November 1955 (age 68) Dechencholing Palace, Thimphu, Bhutan
Spouse	1st consort: Dorji Wangmo 2nd consort: Tshering Pem 3rd consort: Tshering Yangdon 4th consort: Sangay Choden
Issue	Chimi Yangzom Wangchuck Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Sonam Dechen Wangchuck Dechen Yangzom Wangchuck Kesang Choden Wangchuck Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck Khamsum Singye Wangchuck Jigme Dorji Wangchuck Euphelma Choden Wangchuck Ugyen Jigme Wangchuck
House	Wangchuck
Father	Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
Mother	Kesang Choden
Religion	Tibetan Buddhism

Bhutanese royal family
The Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) The Druk Gyaltsuen (Dragon Queen) The Druk Gyalsey (Dragon Prince) Prince Jigme Ugyen Princess Sonam Yangden The Fourth Druk Gyalpo Queen Mother Dorji Wangmo Princess Sonam Dechen Prince Jigyel Ugyen Queen Mother Tshering Pem Princess Chimi Yangzom Princess Kesang Choden Prince Ugyen Jigme Queen Mother Tshering Yangdon Princess Dechen Yangzom Prince Jigme Dorji Queen Mother Sangay Choden Prince Khamsum Singye Princess Euphelma Choden
Family of the Third Druk Gyalpo (deceased) The Queen Grandmother Princess Sonam Choden Princess Dechen Wangmo Princess Pema Lhaden Princess Kesang Wangmo
Family of the Second Druk Gyalpo (deceased) Princess Choki Wangmo Prince Namgyel Princess Deki Yangzom Princess Pema Choden
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Jigme Singye Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་སེང་གེ་དབང་ཕྱུག་, Wylie: jigs med seng ge dbang phyug;^[1] born 11 November 1955) is a member of the House of Wangchuck who was the king of Bhutan (Druk Gyalpo) from 1972 until his abdication in 2006. During his reign, he advocated the use of a Gross National Happiness index to measure the well-being of citizens rather than Gross domestic product.^[2]

Kings of the Wangchuck dynasty
Ugyen Reign: 1907–1926 Jigme Reign: 1926–1952 Jigme Dorji Reign: 1952–1972 Jigme Singye Reign: 1972–2006 Jigme Khesar Namgyel Reign: 2006–present
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