Ugyen Jigme Wangchuck

Bhutanese royal family
The Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) The Druk Gyaltsuen (Dragon Queen) The Druk Gyalsey (Dragon Prince) Prince Jigme Ugyen Princess Sonam Yangden The Fourth Druk Gyalpo Queen Mother Dorji Wangmo Princess Sonam Dechen Prince Jigyel Ugyen Queen Mother Tshering Pem Princess Chimi Yangzom Princess Kesang Choden Prince Ugyen Jigme Queen Mother Tshering Yangdon Princess Dechen Yangzom Prince Jigme Dorji Queen Mother Sangay Choden Prince Khamsum Singye Princess Euphelma Choden
Family of the Third Druk Gyalpo (deceased) The Queen Grandmother Princess Sonam Choden Princess Dechen Wangmo Princess Pema Lhaden Princess Kesang Wangmo
Family of the Second Druk Gyalpo (deceased) Princess Choki Wangmo Prince Namgyel Princess Deki Yangzom Princess Pema Choden
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Prince Dasho Ugyen Jigme Wangchuck (born 11 November 1994)^[1] is a member of the royal family of Bhutan and is the youngest of the sons of the fourth King of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck and his wife, Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Pem Wangchuck.

Royal duties

Ugyen Jigme Wangchuck has participated in a large amount of official royal matters including foreign affairs meetings. From 2008 Prince Dasho Ugyen Jigme Wangchuck has been educated in the exclusive Swiss boarding school, Institut Le Rosey. He attended the Early Learning Center in Thimphu, Bhutan, before going to Switzerland. He has now graduated high school. He now attends Central Saint Martins. He has two full sisters, Princess Ashi Chimi Yangzom Wangchuck, and Princess Ashi Kesang Choden Wangchuck, as well as 7 other half-siblings, including Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.

He is active member of DeSuups, an organization made up of volunteers who go to the areas affected by some cataclysm or in charity events and who wear a familiar orange uniform to be easily recognizable. They are known as "Guardians of Peace".^[2]

Honours

•  Bhutan :
  • Commemorative Silver Jubilee Medal of King Jigme Singye (02/06/1999).^{[citation needed]}
  • King Jigme Khesar Investiture Medal (06/11/2008).^{[citation needed]}
  • Centenary of the Monarchy Commemorative Medal (06/11/2008).
  • 60th Birthday Badge Medal of King Jigme Singye (11/11/2015).
  • The Royal Red Scarf (17/12/2021).

See also

• House of Wangchuck
• Line of succession to the Bhutanese throne

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