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Wangchuk Tenzing Namgyal
Head of the royal house of Sikkim
Tenure29 January 1982 – present
PredecessorPalden Thondup Namgyal
Born (1953-04-01) 1 April 1953 (age 73)
Gangtok, Kingdom of Sikkim
DynastyNamgyal
FatherPalden Thondup Namgyal
MotherSamyo Kushoe Sangideki
ReligionBuddhism

Chogyal Wangchuk Tenzing Namgyal (Sikkimese: དབང་ཕྱུག་བསྟན་འཛིན་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་; 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, he is also the present heir of the Namgyal dynasty and claimant to the Sikkim throne.[1]

Honours[edit | edit source]

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Ancestors of Wangchuk Namgyal
16. Tshudpud Namgyal
8. Thutob Namgyal
17. Maharani Menchi
4. Tashi Namgyal
18. Shiafe Uthok, of the Lhading House of Lhasa
9. Yeshay Dolma
2. Palden Thondup Namgyal
10. General Medrak Rakashar
5. Gyalyum Kunzang Dechen
1. Wangchuk Namgyal
6. Theiji Tsewang Rinzing Namgyal
3. Samyo Kushoe Sangideki

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Trehan, Madhu. "India has a lot to gain by Sikkimese independence: Wangchuk Namgyal". India Today.

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Wangchuk Namgyal
Born: 1 April 1953
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Palden Thondup Namgyal
— TITULAR —
Chogyal of Sikkim
29 January 1982 – present
Incumbent