Jigme Dorji Wangchuck

This article is about the third king of Bhutan. For his grandson, the Gyaltshab of Bhutan, see Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (born 1986). For Bhutanese-German professor for Tibetan (Buddhist) studies, see Dorji Wangchuk.
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
Picture of King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck at Paro International Airport
King of Bhutan
Reign30 March 1952 – 21 July 1972
Coronation27 October 1952
PredecessorJigme Wangchuck
SuccessorJigme Singye Wangchuck
Born(1928-05-02)2 May 1928
Thruepang Palace, Trongsa, Bhutan
Died21 July 1972(1972-07-21) (aged 44)
Nairobi, Kenya
Burial
Cremated at Kurjey Lhakhang 27°37′N 90°42′E / 27.617°N 90.700°E / 27.617; 90.700
Spouse
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(m. 1951)​
IssueSonam Choden Wangchuck
Dechen Wangmo Wangchuck
Jigme Singye Wangchuck
Pema Lhaden Wangchuck
Kesang Wangmo Wangchuck
DynastyWangchuck
FatherJigme Wangchuck
MotherAshi Phuntsho Choden
ReligionBuddhism

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 King of Bhutan from 30 March 1952 until his death in 1972.

He began to open Bhutan to the outside world, began modernization, and took the first step towards democratization.

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