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Jigme Singye Wangchuck

1955 - Today

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Jigme Singye Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་སེང་གེ་དབང་ཕྱུག་, Wylie: jigs med seng ge dbang phyug; born 11 November 1955) is a member of the House of Wangchuck who was the king of Bhutan (Druk Gyalpo) from 1972 until his abdication in 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jigme Singye Wangchuck has received more than 1,418,639 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Jigme Singye Wangchuck is the 5,728th most popular politician (down from 5,175th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Bhutan and the 3rd most popular Bhutanese Politician.

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  • 57.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jigme Singye Wangchuck ranks 5,728 out of 15,577. Before him are Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, Pierre Werner, Infante Carlos of Spain, Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco, Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy, and Amenemope. After him are Godwin, Earl of Wessex, Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, Yao Wenyuan, Paul Painlevé, Pierre Mendès France, and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Jigme Singye Wangchuck ranks 73. Before him are Najib Mikati, Lena Olin, Safet Sušić, Jorge Valdano, Lazarus Chakwera, and Griffin Dunne. After him are Bill Paxton, Béla Tarr, Avram Grant, Toninho Cerezo, Tanya Roberts, and Meles Zenawi.

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In Bhutan

Among people born in Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck ranks 3 out of 14. Before him are Ugyen Wangchuck (1862) and Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (1929). After him are Jigme Wangchuck (1905), Jigme Thinley (1952), Lotay Tshering (1969), Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche (1961), Tshering Tobgay (1965), Sangay Ngedup (1953), Jetsun Pema (1990), Khandu Wangchuk (1950), and Wangay Dorji (1974).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bhutan

Among politicians born in Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck ranks 3. Before him are Ugyen Wangchuck (1862) and Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (1929). After him are Jigme Wangchuck (1905), Jigme Thinley (1952), Lotay Tshering (1969), Tshering Tobgay (1965), Sangay Ngedup (1953), and Khandu Wangchuk (1950).

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