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Yeshe Ngodub

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Choley
Yeshe Ngodub
ཡེ་ཤེས་དངོས་གྲུབ
Yeshe Ngodub in 1905
54th Druk Desi
In office
1903–1905
Preceded bySangay Dorji
Succeeded byposition abolished; monarchy established from 1907
Je Khenpo
In office
1915–1917
Personal details
Born1851
Tang Valley, Bumthang District
Died1917 (aged 65–66)

Choley Yeshe Ngodub or simply Yeshe Ngodub (Dzongkha: ཡེ་ཤེས་དངོས་གྲུབ།) (1851–1917) was the 54th and the last Druk Desi (secular ruler of Bhutan) who reigned from 1903 to 1905.[1] He was also appointed the Je Khenpo (religious head of Bhutan) from 1915 until his death in 1917.[2] He was only the one to hold both the offices of the dual system of government of Bhutan.

Early life

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Ngodub was born in 1851 in the Tang Valley of Bumthang in central Bhutan. While still a child, he was identified as the fifth speech reincarnation of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal by the Central Monastic Body of Bhutan and ultimately enthroned at Sang Chokhor in Paro, a seat of his incarnation line.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Heßberg, Andreas von (2016). Bhutan: Unterwegs im Himalaya-Königreich (in German). Trescher Verlag. ISBN 978-3-89794-350-6.
  2. ^ a b "The Fifth Zhabdrung Sungtrul, Yeshe Ngodrub". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2023-12-22.