Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck

Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck
འཇིགས་མེད་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་
Druk Gyalsey of Bhutan
Crown Prince of Bhutan
Reign5 February 2016 - present
RegentJigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Born (2016-02-05) 5 February 2016 (age 8)
Lingkana Palace, Thimphu, Bhutan
HouseWangchuck
FatherJigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
MotherJetsun Pema
ReligionBuddhism

Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་, Wylie: jigs med rnam rgyal dbang phyug; born 5 February 2016) is the first child and heir apparent of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan and his wife, Queen Jetsun Pema. He has been the Crown Prince of Bhutan since his birth in 2016. His name was announced on 16 April 2016. Prior to the announcement, he was known only as The Gyalsey, which means "prince". Before his birth, his paternal uncle Prince Jigyel Ugyen of Bhutan was the heir presumptive to the throne. In honor of his birth, 108,000 trees were planted by thousands of volunteers in Bhutan. In 2017, in honor of his first birthday, a new damselfly species was named after the crown prince, Megalestes gyalsey. He is expected to become the sixth Druk Gyalpo (King of Bhutan). He has a younger brother, Prince Dasho Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck, and a younger sister, Princess Ashi Sonam Yangden Wangchuck. He is the youngest Crown Prince in the world.

Titles and styles

Styles of
Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck
Reference styleHis Royal Highness
Spoken styleYour Royal Highness
Alternative styleDruk Gyalsey
  • 5 February 2016 – present: His Royal Highness Crown Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Druk Gyalsey (Dragon Prince) of Bhutan.

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