Jigme Singye Wangchuck is a member of the House of Wangchuck who was the king of Bhutan 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.
Jigme Wangchuck was the 2nd Druk Gyalpo or king of Bhutan from 26 August 1926,until his death. He pursued legal and infrastructural reform during his reign. Bhutan continued to maintain almost complete isolation from the outside world during this period;its only foreign relations were with the British Raj in India,which they were referred as a protected state,similar to Sikkim. He was succeeded by his son,Jigme Dorji Wangchuck.
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck was the 3rd Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan.
LyonpoSangay Ngedup was Prime Minister of Bhutan from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2005 to 2006.
DashoLhendup Dorji was a member of the Dorji family of Bhutan. He was also the brother of the Queen of Bhutan,Ashi Kesang choden and uncle to the fourth king of Bhutan,King Jigme Singye Wangchuck. He served as acting Lyonchen following the assassination of his brother,Lyonchen Jigme Palden Dorji,on April 5,1964.
Princess Sonam Dechen Wangchuck is a princess of Bhutan. She is the daughter of the Fourth King of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Queen Mother Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck. She is half-sister of the fifth King,Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.
Queen Mother Tshering Yangdon is the third wife of the former Bhutanese king,Jigme Singye Wangchuck. She is the current Queen Mother of Bhutan,as she is the mother of the current Bhutanese king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. She is also the mother of King Jigme Khesar's two younger full siblings,Princess Ashi Dechen Yangzom and Prince Gyaltshab Jigme Dorji.
Princess AshiKesang Choden Wangchuck,is a member of the royal family of Bhutan. She is a daughter of the fourth King of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Pem Wangchuck,one of the former king's four wives,all of whom are sisters and held the title 'queen consort'. She is a half-sister of the current Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck,who became king following the abdication of his father Jigme Singye Wangchuck on 9 December 2006.
Queen Mother Dorji Wangmo is the Queen Mother of Bhutan,and first wife of former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck,who is married to four sisters all of whom were entitled to be called queen.
Queen Mother Sangay Choden is one of the four wives and queens of Bhutanese king Jigme Singye Wangchuck,who ruled in Bhutan from 1972 until his abdication in 2006. She is the Queen Mother of Bhutan.
Ashi,also spelled Ashe or Azhi,is a Bhutanese honorary title literally meaning "Lady". The title is prefixed to the given name,and is borne by female Bhutanese nobility and by female members of the Bhutanese royal family. The masculine form is Dasho,meaning "Lord",which is held by all Members of Parliament;a number of senior officials,including deputy ministers and district magistrates;senior civil servants and others as a form of Royal award,and by courtesy prominent landowners. Ashi can also mean "Miss" although that is not the intended use of the term. It is similar to the Arabic title Lalla also meaning Lady held by noblewomen . ‘Ashi’is also a widely used term to refer to an ‘Elder sister’especially in the Haa and Paro regions of Bhutan.
Desi Jigme Namgyal of Bhutan is a forefather of the Wangchuck Dynasty. He served as 48th Druk Desi of Bhutan (1870–1873),and held the hereditary post of 10th Penlop of Trongsa. He was called the Black Ruler.
The wedding of Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck,King of Bhutan,and Jetsun Pema took place on 13 October 2011 at the Punakha Dzong in Punakha,Bhutan. The current King of Bhutan,Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck,married Jetsun Pema,who became Queen Ashi Jetsun Pema Wangchuck. Both are descendants of the 48th Druk Desi of Bhutan and 10th Penlop of Trongsa,Jigme Namgyal.
Jetsun Pema is the Druk Gyaltsuen of Bhutan,as the wife of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. She is currently the youngest queen consort in the world. She and the King have three children:Jigme Namgyel,the heir apparent to the Bhutanese throne,Jigme Ugyen,and Sonam Yangden.
Princess AshiChimi Yangzom Wangchuck is a princess of Bhutan. She is the daughter of the fourth King of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Pem Wangchuck. She is a half-sister of the fifth King,Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. She is eighth in the line of succession to the Bhutanese throne.
Lam Dorji was the Chief Operations Officer (COO) of the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) from 1964 to 2005. He was succeeded by Batoo Tshering on 1 November 2005.
Ashi Phuntsho Choden (1911–2003) was the Queen consort of Bhutan.
Princess AshiDechen Yangzom Wangchuck is the daughter of the fourth King of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck and his wife,Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Yangdon Wangchuck. She is the sister of the fifth King,Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.
Ashi Tsundue Pema Lhamo (1886–1922) was the first Queen consort of Bhutan.
Ashi Pema Dechen (1918–1991) was the Queen consort of Bhutan.
