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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 འཇིགས་མེད་སེང་གེ་དབང་ཕྱུག་
Wangchuck in 2008
Druk Gyalpo
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
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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^"Early life of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck". Bhutan Department of Information Technology. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
^Gross National Happiness
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