What is Jigme Singye Wangchuck?
{{Infobox royalty |name=Jigme Singye Wangchuck |title=King Father of Bhutan |reign=1972 - 2006 |predecessor=[[Jigme Dorji Wangchuck]] |birth_date=11 November 1955 |successor=[[Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck]] |birth_place=[[Dechencholing Palace, Thimphu]] |house=[[Wangchuck]]| issue=[[Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck]] |spouse=[[Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck]](m. 1979) {{dot}}[[Tshering Yangdon Wangchuck]](m. 1979) {{dot}}[[Tshering Pem Wangchuck]](m. 1979) {{dot}}[[Sangay Choden Wangchuck]](m. 1979) |father=[[Jigme Dorji Wangchuck]] |mother=[[Kesang Choden Wangchuck]] |image=Jigme Singye Wangchuck 2008.jpg }} '''Jigme Singye Wangchuck''' is the former king of Bhutan. He abdicated his throne in favour of his son, His Majesty the King [[Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck]] in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jigme Singye Wangchuk {{!}} king of Bhutan|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jigme-Singye-Wangchuk|access-date=2021-03-22|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wangchuck}} [[Category:1955 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Monarchs of Bhutan]] [[Category:Buddhists]]