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.

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

Early Life

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

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