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{{Bhutanese Name}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Mayeum Choying Wangmo Dorji and grandson.jpg
| caption = Mayeum Choying Wangmo Dorji and the king [[Jigme Singye Wangchuck]] (her grandson)
| name = Mayeum Choying Wangmo Dorji
| birth_date = 1897
| birth_place = [[Gangtok]], Sikkim India
| education =
| spouse = ''Gonzim'' [[Sonam Topgay Dorji]]<br>(m. 1918–1953; his death)
| children = 5
| parents = [[Thutob Namgyal|''Chogyal'' Thutob Namgyal]] (father) <br> Yeshay Dolma (mother)
| relatives =
| death_date = {{Death_date_and_given_age|1994|5|26|97}}
| death_place = [[Bhutan House]], [[Kalimpong]], [[India]]
| occupation =
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''[[Raja|Rani]]'' '''Mayeum Choying Wangmo Dorji''' was the mother of Queen Grandmother ''Ashi'' [[Kesang Choden (born 1930)|Kesang Choden]] of [[Bhutan]].<ref>[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/s/sikkim.html Genealogy]</ref> She was Choying Wangmo Dorji by her marriage.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} She is best known for designing the [[Flag of Bhutan]]. She died in 1994.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

==Work==
Mayeum Choying Wangmo Dorji designed the flag at her daughter's request: Bhutan had been invited to attend the first Asian conference in New Delhi on March 23, 1947, and a flag representing Bhutan was necessitated for the occasion. Mayeum Choying Wangmo Dorji and Bhutan's late prime minister, ''Lyonchen'' [[Jigme Palden Dorji]] (her son), represented Bhutan at the conference.<ref name=KUE1>{{cite web|title=Bhutans national flag|url=http://www.kuenselonline.com/bhutans-national-flag-designed-during-first-asian-conference/#.VBYu01d0Ykk|accessdate=15 September 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915051250/http://www.kuenselonline.com/bhutans-national-flag-designed-during-first-asian-conference/#.VBYu01d0Ykk|archivedate=15 September 2014}}</ref>

Mayeum Choying Wangmo Dorji chose the Dragon as the symbol of the Kingdom of ''Druk'' (Bhutan is sometimes referred to as the Kingdom of the Dragon) and the colours yellow and orange for the colours of the flag as the colours of Buddhist religion.<ref name=KUE1 />

She was deeply religious and would donate large amounts of money to build temples and monasteries.<ref name=Obit>{{cite web|title=Mayum Chonying Wangmo Dorji (obituary)|url=http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/bot/pdf/bot_1994_02_obituary.pdf|via=cam.ac.uk|accessdate=30 August 2019}}</ref>

She was educated privately and her wedding took place at [[Bhutan House]], [[Kalimpong]], on 5 April 1918.

== Patronages ==
* President of the Sikkim Education Board.
* Vice-President of [[Namgyal Institute of Tibetology|Sikkim Research Institute of Tibetology General Council]] [SRIT] (1964–1965).

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|3= 3. Yeshay Dolma
|4= 4. [[Tsugphud Namgyal|Tsugphud Namgyal, 7th Maharaja of Sikkim]]
|5= 5. Maharani Menchi
|6= 6. Shiafe Uthok, of the Lhading House of [[Lhasa]]
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==References==
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[[Category:Bhutanese women in politics]]
[[Category:People from Gangtok]]
[[Category:1897 births]]
[[Category:1994 deaths]]
[[Category:Women in Sikkim politics]]
[[Category:Flag designers]]

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