Father Yab Ugyen Dorji Nationality Bhutanese Name Tshering Yangdon | Mother Yum Thuiji Zam Predecessor Kesang Choden | |
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Issue Jigme Khesar Namgyel WangchuckDechen Yangzom WangchuckJigme Dorji Wangchuck Children Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Dasho Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Dechen Yangzom Wangchuck Parents Yab Ugyen Dorji, Yum Thuiji Zam Similar People | ||
Her majesty queen mother ashi tshering yangdon wangchuck visits kila goenpa
Queen Mother Tshering Yangdon (born 21 June 1959) is the third wife of the former Bhutanese king, Jigme Singye Wangchuck. She is the current Queen Mother of Bhutan, as she is the mother of the current Bhutanese king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. She is also the mother of King Jigme Khesar's two younger full siblings, Princess Ashi Dechen Yangzom (b. 1981) and Prince Dasho Jigme Dorji (b. 1986).
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- Her majesty queen mother ashi tshering yangdon wangchuck visits kila goenpa
- Tshering Yangdon
- Biography
- Humanitarian Causes
- Patronages
- National honours
- References
Tshering Yangdon
Biography
Her father, Dasho Yab Ugyen Dorji, is the Founder and Proprietor of Ugyen Academy (03/04/2002). Her mother is Yum Thuiji Zam.
She was educated at St. Joseph's Convent, Kalimpong, and St. Helen's School, Kurseong, India.
Humanitarian Causes
The Queen founded Bhutan Nun's Foundation in March 2009, the foundation's focus is to make nunneries a way to help and empower girls and women through education and economic self-sufficiency.