List of rulers of Bhutan 1807845 225020830 2008-07-11T14:25:21Z CFynn 198562 {{Politics of Bhutan}} [[Image:UgyenWangchuck.jpg|thumb|right|270px|Ugyen Wangchuck]] '''[[Bhutan]]''' was founded and unified as a country by [[Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal]] in the mid-1600s. After his death the country nominally followed his recommended "dual system of government" which split control between an administrative leader (the [[Druk Desi]]), and a religious leader, the ([[Je Khenpo]]). In practice, regional ''[[penlop]]s'', or governors, often administered their districts in defiance of the power of the Desi Druks, until the rise of the unified monarchy at the beginning of the 20th cent ury. ==Druk desis (administrative leaders, 1680-1905)== *[[Tenzin Rabgye]] (1638-1696) 1680-1694) *[[Gedun Chomphel]] (-1701) 1695-1701 *[[Ngawang Tshering]] 1701-1704 *[[Umdze Peljor]] 1704-1707 *[[Druk Rabgye]] (-1729) 1707-1719 *[[Ngawang Gyamtsho]] (-1729) 1719-1729 *[[Mipham Wangpo]] 1729-1736 *[[Khuwo Peljor]] 1736-1739 *[[Ngawang Gyaltshen]] 1739-1744 *[[Sherab Wangchuck]] 1744-1763 *[[Druk Phuntsho]] 1763-1765 *[[Druk Tendzin I]] 1765-1768 *[[Donam Lhundub]] (-1773) 1768-1773 *[[Kunga Rinchen]] 1773-1776 *[[Jigme Singye]] (1742-1789) 1776-1788 *[[Druk Tendzin II]] 1788-1792 *[[Tashi Namgyal of Bhutan|Tashi Namgyal]] 1792-1799 *[[Druk Namgyal]] 1799-1803 *[[Tashi Namgyal of Bhutan|Tashi Namgyal]] (2. Mal) 1803-1805 *[[Sangye Tendzin]] 1805-1806 *[[Umdze Parpop]] 1806-1808 *[[Bop Choda]] 1807-1808 *[[Tsulthrim Drayga]] (1790-1820) 1809-1810 *[[Jigme Dragpa II]] 1810-1811 *[[Yeshey Gyaltshen]] (1781-1830) 1811-1815 *[[Tshaphu Dorji]] 1815 *[[Sonam Drugyal]] 1815-1819 *[[Tendzin Drugdra]] 1819-1823 *[[Choki Gyaltshen]] 1823-1831 *[[Dorji Namgyal]] 1831-1832 *[[Adap Thrinley]] 1832-1835 *[[Choki Gyaltshen]] (2. Mal) 1835-1838 *[[Dorji Norbu]] 1838-1847 *[[Tashi Dorji]] 1847-1850 *[[Wangchuk Gyalpo]] 1850 *[[Jigme Norbu]] (in Thimphu) 1850-1852 *[[Chagpa Sangye]] (in Punakha) 1851-1852 *[[Damcho Lhundrup]] 1852-1856 *[[Kunga Palden]] (in [[Punakha]]) 1856-1861 *[[Sherab Tharchin]] (in Thimphu) 1856-1861 *[[Phuntsho Namgyal]] 1861-1864 *[[Tshewang Sithub]] 1864 *[[Tsulthrim Yonten]] 1864 *[[Kagyu Wangchuk]] 1864 *[[Tshewang Sithub]] (2. Mal) 1864-1866 *[[Tsondru Pekar]] 1866-1870 *[[Jigme Namgyal]] (1825-1881) 1870-1873 *[[Kitsep Dorji Namgyal]] 1873-1877 *[[Jigme Namgyal]] (2. Mal) 1877-1878 *[[Kitsep Dorji Namgyal]] (2. Mal) 1878-1879 *[[Chogyal Zangpo]] (-1880) 03.1879-06.1880 *[[Jigme Namgyal]] (3. Mal) 1880-07.1881 *[[Lam Tshewang]] (1836-1883) 1881-05.1883 *[[Gawa Zangpo]] 16.05.1883-23.08.1885 *[[Sangye Dorji]] (-1901) 1885-1901 *[[Choley Yeshe Ngodub]] (1851-1917) 1903-1905 == Kings of Bhutan (1907-Present) == The monarchy was established in [[1907]], unifying the country under the control of the [[House of Wangchuk|Wangchuk family]], the traditional ''[[penlop]]s'' of [[Trongsa]] district. The king of Bhutan is formally known as the "[[Druk Gyalpo]]", the "Dragon King". *[[Ugyen Wangchuck]] (1861-1926) "First King" ([[17 December]] [[1907]] - [[21 August]] [[1926]]) *[[Jigme Wangchuck]] (1902/1906-1952) "Second King" ([[21 August]][[1926]] - [[24 March]] [[1952]]) *[[Jigme Dorji Wangchuck]] (1929-1972) "Third King" ([[24 March]][[1952]] - [[24 July]] [[1972]]) *[[Jigme Singye Wangchuck]] (1955) "Fourth King" ([[24 July]] [[1972]] - [[14 December]] [[2006]]) *[[Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck]] (1980) "Fifth King" ([[14 December]] [[2006]] - Present) Bhutan observed 100 years of the Wangchuk dynasty in [[2007]]. ==External links== *[http://bhutan2008.blogspot.com/2007/04/kings-of-bhutan.html Kings of Bhutan - Bhutan Monarchy] [[Category:Bhutan-related lists|Rulers]] [[Category:Bhutanese monarchs| ]] [[category:History of Bhutan|Rulers]] [[Category:Lists of rulers|Bhutan]] [[de:Liste der Herrscher von Bhutan]] [[et:Bhutani valitsejate loend]] [[fr:Rois du Bhoutan]] [[ko:부탄의 군주]] [[nl:Wangchuk-dynastie]] [[id:Daftar raja Bhutan]] [[ja:ブータンの国王一覧]] [[no:Druk Desi]] [[pl:Władcy Bhutanu]] [[pt:Lista de monarcas do Butão]] [[ro:Listă de conducători ai Bhutanului]] [[zh:不丹国王]]