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{{Short description|Head of state of the Kingdom of Bhutan}}
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{{Infobox monarchy
|royal_title =
|realm = Bhutan
|native_name = ''Dragon King of Bhutan''
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|incumbentsince = 12 December 2006
|type = non-commonwealth
|his/her = His
|heir_apparent = [[Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck]]
|first_monarch = [[Ugyen Wangchuck]]
|date =
|residence = [[Samteling Palace]], [[Thimphu]]
}}
{{Contains special characters|Tibetan}}
{{Politics of Bhutan}}
The '''Druk Gyalpo''' ({{bo-textonly|འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་}}; {{lit
The current
King Jigme Khesar was the
==Duties and powers==
The Constitution confirms the institution of [[monarchy]]. The Druk Gyalpo (King of Bhutan) is the [[
===Royal prerogatives===
Under the Constitution, the
===Royal appointments===
Under Article 2, Section 19, the
The
The
The
===Military powers===
The
==Voluntary and involuntary abdication==
The Constitution provides substantive and procedural law for two paths of [[abdication]] for reigning monarchs: voluntary and involuntary. As stated above, the
The Constitution provides that the
If, at such joint sitting of Parliament, at least ¾ of the total number of members of Parliament passes the motion for abdication, then such a resolution is placed before the people in a National Referendum to be approved or rejected. If the National Referendum passes in all the Dzongkhags in the Kingdom, the
==List of Druk Gyalpos==
{{Main|List of rulers of Bhutan#Kings of Bhutan (1907–present)}}
The Hereditary Dragon Kings of Bhutan:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bhutan2008.bt/en/node/141 |title=Hundred years of Monarchy: A walk down the memory lane |publisher=Bhutan 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301012713/http://www.bhutan2008.bt/en/node/141 |archive-date=1 March 2010}}</ref>
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| reignstart1 = 17 December 1907
| reignend1 = 26 August 1926
| notes1 = Son of [[Jigme Namgyal (Bhutan)|Jigme Namgyel]]
| family1 = [[House of Wangchuck|Wangchuck]]
| image1 = Ugyen Wangchuck, 1905 (cropped).jpg
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| life4 = {{Birth date and age|1955|11|11|df=y}}
| reignstart4 = 21 July 1972
| reignend4 =
| notes4 = Son of Jigme Dorji
| family4 = [[House of Wangchuck|Wangchuck]]
| image4 = 4th King of Bhutan, HM Jigme Singye Wangchuck
| alt4 = Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan
| name5 = '''[[Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck|Jigme Khesar Namgyel]]'''
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| native5 = {{lang|dz|འཇིགས་མེད་གེ་སར་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་}}
| life5 = {{Birth date and age|1980|2|21|df=y}}
| reignstart5 =
| reignend5 = ''Incumbent''
| notes5 = Son of Jigme Singye
| family5 = [[House of Wangchuck|Wangchuck]]
| image5 =
| alt5 = Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan
}}
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* [[Constitution of Bhutan]]
* [[Druk]]
* [[Dual system of government]]
* [[Wangchuck dynasty]]
* [[History of Bhutan]]
▲* [[House of Wangchuck]]
* [[Politics of Bhutan]]
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