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|name = Wangchuk Tenzing Namgyal<br />
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|succession = [[Chogyal|Head of the royal house]] of [[Kingdom of Sikkim|Sikkim]]<br />
|reign = 29 January 1982 – present<br />
|reign-type = Tenure<br />
|predecessor = [[Palden Thondup Namgyal]]<br />
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|4|1|df=yes}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Gangtok]], [[Kingdom of Sikkim]]<br />
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|house = [[Chogyal|Namgyal]]<br />
|house-type = Dynasty<br />
|father = [[Palden Thondup Namgyal]]<br />
|mother = [[Samyo Kushoe Sangideki]] <br />
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|religion = [[Buddhism]]<br />
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''Chogyal'' '''Wangchuk Tenzing Namgyal''' ([[Sikkimese language|Sikkimese]]: {{bo-textonly|དབང་ཕྱུག་བསྟན་འཛིན་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་}}; [[Wylie transliteration|Wylie]]: ''dbang-phyug bstan-'dzin rnam-rgyal'') (born 1 April 1953) is the second son of [[Palden Thondup Namgyal]], the last sovereign king of [[Sikkim]]. Educated at [[Harrow School|Harrow]], he is also the present heir of the [[Chogyal|Namgyal dynasty]] and claimant to the Sikkim throne.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19820315-annexation-of-sikkim-by-india-was-not-legal-wangchuk-namgyal-771600-2013-10-19|title=India has a lot to gain by Sikkimese independence: Wangchuk Namgyal|first=Madhu |last=Trehan|website=India Today}}</ref><br />
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== Honours ==<br />
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** [[File:Palden Thondup Namgyal Coronation Medal (Sikkim).gif|50px]] ''Chogyal'' Palden Thondup Namgyal Coronation Medal (4 April 1965).{{cn|date=June 2020}}<br />
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==Ancestry==<br />
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|1= 1. '''Wangchuk Namgyal'''<br />
|2= 2. [[Palden Thondup Namgyal]]<br />
|3= 3. Samyo Kushoe Sangideki <br />
|4= 4. [[Tashi Namgyal]]<br />
|5= 5. ''Gyalyum'' Kunzang Dechen<br />
|6= 6. Theiji Tsewang Rinzing Namgyal<br />
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|8= 8. [[Thutob Namgyal]]<br />
|9= 9. Yeshay Dolma<br />
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|17= 17. ''Maharani'' Menchi<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.sikkim.ch/sikkim.html Hidden Kingdom in the Himalayas]<br />
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