Wangchuk Namgyal

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]

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

Honours

  •  Sikkim:
    • Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal Coronation Medal (4 April 1965).

Ancestry

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References

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



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