Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་གེ་སར་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་, Wylie: jigs med ge sar rnam rgyal dbang phyug; born 21 February 1980) is the Druk Gyalpo (Dzongkha: Dragon King), the monarch of the Kingdom of Bhutan. 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.
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
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| Dragon King of the Kingdom of Bhutan | |
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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 |
| Prime Ministers | See list
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| Born | 21 February 1980 Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital, Kathmandu, Bagmati Zone, Kingdom of Nepal (present-day Bagmati Province, Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal) |
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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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