King jigme singye wangchuck biography of rory

Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan from 1972 to 2006

This name uses Bhutanese naming customs. Bhutanese people have two given names, neither of which is a surname or family name unless they are descended from royal or noble lineages.

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.

Under Wangchuk's reign, he advocated the use of a Gross National Happiness index to measure the well-being of citizens rather than Gross domestic product.^[2]

Early life

Jigme Singye Wangchuck was born in Dechencholing Palace in Thimphu, Bhutan, on 11 November 1955.^[3] to Jigme Dorji Wangchuck and AshiKesang Choden Wangchuck.^[4] The political officer of India stationed in Sikkim and the representative of the Sikkimese government came soon after to