Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck
| Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck འཇིགས་མེད་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་ | |
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| Crown Prince of Bhutan | |
.jpg) Wangchuck in 2017 | |
| Born | 5 February 2016 Lingkana Palace, Thimphu, Bhutan |
| House | Wangchuck |
| Father | Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck |
| Mother | Jetsun Pema |
| Religion | Buddhism |
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Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་, Wylie: jigs med rnam rgyal dbang phyug; born 5 February 2016)[1] is the first child and heir apparent of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan and his wife, Queen Jetsun Pema. He has been the Crown Prince of Bhutan since his birth in 2016.
Biography
[edit]His name was announced on 16 April 2016.[2] Prior to the announcement, he was known only as The Gyalsey, which means "prince". Before his birth, his paternal uncle Prince Jigyel Ugyen of Bhutan was the heir presumptive to the throne. In honor of his birth, 108,000 trees were planted by thousands of volunteers in Bhutan.[3] In 2017, in honor of his first birthday, a new damselfly species was named after the crown prince, Megalestes gyalsey.[4] He is expected to become the sixth Druk Gyalpo (King of Bhutan). He has a younger brother, Prince Dasho Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck, and a younger sister, Princess Ashi Sonam Yangden Wangchuck. He is the youngest Crown Prince in the world.
Titles and styles
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| Reference style | His Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Druk Gyalsey |
- 5 February 2016 – present: His Royal Highness Crown Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Druk Gyalsey (Dragon Prince) of Bhutan.[5]
HRH Gyalsey Math Award
[edit]The HRH Gyalsey Annual Mathematics Award, a joint initiative by the Ministry of Education and Skills Development and the Druk Gyalpo’s Institute, was instituted in 2022 to promote mathematics in the education system and also to foster and nurture students' natural aptitude in Mathematics.[6][7] This award offers a platform for students to demonstrate their mathematical skills, with a specific focus on number sense and competence in inductive and deductive reasoning.[7]
The HRH Gyalsey Annual Mathematics Award is a national-level test for the students at two levels: Middle Secondary School (classes IX & X) and Higher Secondary School (classes XI & XII).[7]
The HRH Gyalsey Math Award is awarded annually on the birthday of the Gyalsey Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck.[6][8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "His Royal Highness The Gyalsey is born". Kuensel. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "HRH The Gyalsey to be named on Zhabdrung Kuchoe". Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ "108,000 trees planted in Bhutan Prince's honour - CBBC Newsround". BBC Newsround. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ Gyeltshen, T.; Kalkman, V.J.; Orr, A.G. (22 March 2017). "Honouring His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Bhutan: Megalestes gyalsey (Odonata: Synlestidae)". Zootaxa. 4244 (4): 588–594. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.9. hdl:10072/343960. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 28610104.
- ^ "Moaf". Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Six students receive HRH Gyalsey Math Award". BBSCL. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ a b c "HRH Gyalsey Annual Mathematics Award – DGI". dgi.edu.bt. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ "Young mathematicians rewarded for excellence". Kuensel Online. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
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