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Chimi Yangzom Wangchuck

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House
  
House of Wangchuck

Name
  
Chimi Wangchuck

Religion
  
Mother
  

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Born
  
10 January 1980 (age 44) (
1980-01-10
)

Spouse
  
Dasho Sangay Wangchuck (m. 2005)

Role
  
Parents
  
Tshering Pem, Jigme Singye Wangchuck

Siblings
  
Kesang Choden Wangchuck, Ugyen Jigme Wangchuck

Grandparents
  
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Kesang Choden, Yab Ugyen Dorji, Yum Thuiji Zam

Great-grandparents
  
Jigme Wangchuck, Phuntsho Choden, Gonzing Sonam Tobgye Dorji, Mayeum Choying Wangmo Dorji

Similar People
  
Jigme Singye Wangchuck, Kesang Choden Wangchuck, Tshering Pem, Sonam Dechan Wangchuck, Sangay Choden

Princess Ashi Chimi Yangzom Wangchuck (born 10 January 1980) is a princess of Bhutan. She is the daughter of the 4th King of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Pem. She is a half-sister of the 5th King, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.

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Biography

Her Royal Highness was educated at Luntenzampa Middle Secondary School and Yangchenphug Higher Secondary School, Dana Hall School.

Later, she completed a bachelor's degree with double majors in international relations and economics from Wellesley College in Massachusetts and a master's degree in public administration from Columbia University in New York City, is interested in working with youth.

Marriage and children

She married Dasho Sangay Wangchuck on 13 October 2005 at the Dechencholing Palace. Dasho Sangay Wangchuck (born in 1978 in Thimpu), whose family belongs to the first generation of Bhutanese industrialists, completed a master's degree in public administration and global affairs at Columbia University.He is the eldest son of Kinley Wangchuck, by his wife, Sangay Om.

They have two sons:

  • Dasho Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck (born at Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, two weeks before 15 September 2006).
  • Dasho Jamyang Singye Wangchuck (born 2009).
  • Patronages

  • Vice President of the Bhutan Youth Development Foundation.
  • Titles and styles

  • 10 January 1980 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Ashi Chimi Yangzom Wangchuck.
  • National honours

  •  Bhutan :
  • Commemorative Silver Jubilee Medal of King Jigme Singye (02/06/1999).
  • King Jigme Khesar Investiture Medal (06/11/2008).
  • References

    Chimi Yangzom Wangchuck Wikipedia