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Jigme Dorji Wangchuck

1929 - 1972

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Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་ འཇིགས་མེད་རྡོ་རྗེ་དབང་ཕྱུག་མཆོག་, Wylie: jigs med rdo rje dbang phyug; 2 May 1928 – 21 July 1972) was the 3rd Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan. He began to open Bhutan to the outside world, began modernization, and took the first step towards democratization. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck has received more than 587,662 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Jigme Dorji Wangchuck is the 5,887th most popular politician (down from 5,488th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Bhutan and the 2nd most popular Bhutanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck ranks 5,887 out of 19,576. Before him are Ariaramnes, Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau, Vímara Peres, Eleanor de Guzmán, Sekhemkare, and Adalbert, Margrave of Austria. After him are Sergey Sazonov, Maria Temryukovna, Ii Naomasa, Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan, Gerolama Orsini, and Frederick V, Duke of Swabia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck ranks 121. Before him are John Polanyi, Nureddin al-Atassi, Heiner Müller, Reino Börjesson, Joan Plowright, and Hugo Claus. After him are Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, Don Murray, Filaret, Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Whitey Bulger, and Fred Phelps. Among people deceased in 1972, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck ranks 52. Before him are Karl Silberbauer, S. R. Ranganathan, Hans Scharoun, Bronislava Nijinska, Henry de Montherlant, and Erwin Bowien. After him are Martiros Saryan, George, Crown Prince of Serbia, Neilia Hunter Biden, Matvei Zakharov, Natalie Clifford Barney, and Hugo Steinhaus.

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In Bhutan

Among people born in Bhutan, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck ranks 2 out of 17. Before him are Ugyen Wangchuck (1862). After him are Jigme Singye Wangchuck (1955), Jigme Wangchuck (1905), Lotay Tshering (1969), Jigme Thinley (1952), Tshering Tobgay (1965), Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche (1961), Sangay Ngedup (1953), Jetsun Pema (1990), Khandu Wangchuk (1950), and Kunzang Choden (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bhutan

Among politicians born in Bhutan, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck ranks 2. Before him are Ugyen Wangchuck (1862). After him are Jigme Singye Wangchuck (1955), Jigme Wangchuck (1905), Lotay Tshering (1969), Jigme Thinley (1952), Tshering Tobgay (1965), Sangay Ngedup (1953), and Khandu Wangchuk (1950).

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