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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 the fourth Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) of Bhutan, reigning from 1972 to 2006. He is the father of the present King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck. He is the only son of five children born to the Third King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck and Queen Mother Ashi Kesang Choden Wangchuck. Jigme Singye Wangchuck studied at St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jigme Singye Wangchuck has received more than 1,601,909 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Jigme Singye Wangchuck is the 6,499th most popular politician (down from 5,713th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Bhutan and the 3rd most popular Bhutanese Politician.

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  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jigme Singye Wangchuck ranks 6,499 out of 19,576. Before him are Roberta Metsola, Pierre Werner, Philip I of Macedon, Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, Verginia, and Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Joop den Uyl, Alexander I of Scotland, Leonor Teles, Mitsumasa Yonai, Domenico Michiel, and Marcus Antonius Antyllus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Jigme Singye Wangchuck ranks 87. Before him are Mira Furlan, Iman, Hans-Peter Briegel, Bill Paxton, Jeff Koons, and Meles Zenawi. After him are Michael Schenker, Valdis Zatlers, Sirindhorn, Ron Johnson, Alessandro Altobelli, and Mika Kaurismäki.

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In Bhutan

Among people born in Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck ranks 3 out of 17. Before him are Ugyen Wangchuck (1862), and Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (1929). After him are 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 Singye Wangchuck ranks 3. Before him are Ugyen Wangchuck (1862), and Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (1929). After him are Jigme Wangchuck (1905), Lotay Tshering (1969), Jigme Thinley (1952), Tshering Tobgay (1965), Sangay Ngedup (1953), and Khandu Wangchuk (1950).

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