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| King of Bhutan | |
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| Dragon King of Bhutan | |
| Incumbent | |
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| Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck since 12 December 2006 | |
| Details | |
| Style | His Majesty |
| Heir apparent | Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck |
| First monarch | Ugyen Wangchuck |
| Formation | 17 December 1907 |
| Residence | Samteling Palace, Thimphu |
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The Druk Gyalpo (འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་; lit. 'Dragon King') is the head of state of the Kingdom of Bhutan.[1] In the Dzongkha language, Bhutan is known as Drukyul which translates as "The Land of the Thunder Dragon". Thus, while kings of Bhutan are known as Druk Gyalpo ("Dragon King"), the Bhutanese people call themselves the Drukpa, meaning "people of Druk (Bhutan)".
The current sovereign of Bhutan is Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, the fifth Druk Gyalpo.[2] He wears the Raven Crown, which is the official crown worn by the kings of Bhutan. He is correctly styled "Mi'wang 'Ngada Rinpoche" ("His Majesty") and addressed "Ngada Rimboche" ("Your Majesty").[3][4]
King Jigme Khesar was the youngest reigning monarch in the world (aged 28 during his coronation)[5] when he ascended the throne on 1 November 2008 after his father, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, abdicated the throne in his favour.[2]
- ^ Article 2: The Institution of Monarchy (PDF). ISBN 99936-754-0-7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011.
- ^ a b "A Legacy of Two Kings". Bhutan 2008. Archived from the original on 15 December 2010.
- ^ "༈ རྫོང་ཁ་ཨིང་ལིཤ་ཤན་སྦྱར་ཚིག་མཛོད། ༼མི༽" [Dzongkha-English Dictionary: "MI"]. Dzongkha-English Online Dictionary. Dzongkha Development Commission, Government of Bhutan. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- ^ "༈ རྫོང་ཁ་ཨིང་ལིཤ་ཤན་སྦྱར་ཚིག་མཛོད། ༼མང-༽" [Dzongkha-English Dictionary: "MNGA"]. Dzongkha-English Online Dictionary. Dzongkha Development Commission, Government of Bhutan. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- ^ "Himalayan state crowns youngest king in the world". France 24. 6 November 2008. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009.