Jigme Singye Wangchuck
འཇིགས་མེད་སེང་གེ་དབང་ཕྱུག
འཇིགས་མེད་སེང་གེ་དབང་ཕྱུག
(1955 -)
Jigme Singye Wangchuck is the fourth king of Bhutan
(Druk Gyalpo) from 1972 until his abdication in favour
(Druk Gyalpo) from 1972 until his abdication in favour
of his eldest son, Jigme Khesar Namgyel
Wangchuck in 2006.
During his reign, Wangchuck banished over 100,000
During his reign, Wangchuck banished over 100,000
people of Nepalese descent from Bhutan - in the
name of preserving Bhutan's national identity.
Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the 4th Druk Gyalpo.