Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
| Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck འཇིགས་མེད་གེ་སར་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག |
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| 5th King of Bhutan | |
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| King of Bhutan | |
| Reign | 9 December 2006 – present |
| Coronation | 6 November 2008 |
| Predecessor | Jigme Singye Wangchuck |
| Heir apparent | Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck |
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| Born |
21 February 1980 Dechencholing Palace, Thimphu, Bhutan |
| Spouse | Jetsun Pema (m. 2011) |
| Issue | Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck |
| House | Wangchuck |
| Father | Jigme Singye Wangchuck |
| Mother | Tshering Yangdon |
| Religion | Vajrayana Buddhism |
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| Kings of the House of Wangchuck | |
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Ugyen Reign:1907-1926 |
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Jigme Reign:1926-1952 |
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Jigme Dorji Reign:1952-1972 |
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Jigme Singye Reign:1972-2006 |
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Jigme Khesar Namgyel Reign:2006-Incumbent |
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Styles of King of Bhutan |
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| Reference style | His Majesty |
| Spoken style | Your Majesty |
| Alternative style | Druk Gyalpo |
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (འཇིགས་མེད་གེ་སར་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་, Wylie: jigs med ge sar rnam rgyal dbang phyug born 21 February 1980) is the fifth and current reigning Druk Gyalpo or "Dragon King" of the Kingdom of Bhutan. After his father Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicated the throne in his favour, he became King on 9 December 2006. A public coronation ceremony was held on 1 November 2008, an auspicious year that marked 100 years of monarchy in Bhutan.
Khesar is the eldest son of the fourth Dragon King of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, and his third wife, Queen Tshering Yangdon. He has a younger sister, Princess Dechen Yangzom, and brother, Prince Jigme Dorji, as well as four half-sisters and three half-brothers.
After completing his higher secondary studies at Yangchenphug High School, Bhutan, Khesar studied abroad at Phillips Academy, Cushing Academy and Wheaton College, all in the United States, before graduating from Magdalen College, University of Oxford, where he completed the Foreign Service Programme and International Relations. He also did a course at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie, India.
The Crown Prince, popularly known to the people of Bhutan as 'Dasho Khesar', accompanied his father in his many tours throughout the Kingdom to meet and speak to the people. He also officially represented Bhutan on several international events. On 8 May 2002, he represented Bhutan at the 27th UN General Assembly and made his first speech to the United Nations where he addressed issues related to the welfare of millions of children around the globe to world leaders. He attended Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 60th Anniversary Celebrations on 12–13 June 2006 in Bangkok along with royals from 25 countries. The youngest of the visiting royals, the 26-year-old prince caused a sensation, giving rise to a legion of female fans in Thailand. The Thai press dubbed him "Prince Charming," publishing his photograph and running stories about him as well as Bhutan for several weeks after the event.
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