QUEEN

JETSUN
JIGME
SINGYE
Pemais(Dzongkha:

Jigme Queen
Singye Jetsun
Wangchuck
the formerKing
of;
Wylie:
rje
btsun
padma;
born
4
June
Bhutan. He was the fourth Dragon King of
is the
consortin favour
(Druk
Bhutan1990)
from 1972
until queen
his abdication
Gyaltsuen,
literally
meaning
"Dragon
of his eldest son, Jigme Khesar Namgyel
Queen")
of Bhutan,
the wife
King
Wangchuck,
in 2006.
He isas
credited
withofmany
Jigme
Khesar
Namgyel
Wangchuck.
modern reforms in the country.

KUNZANG

DZONGSAR JAMYANG KHYENTSE

Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche,
also known as Khyentse Norbu, is a
Bhutanese lama, filmmaker, and writer.
His three major films are The Cup,
Travellers and Magicians and Vara: A
Blessing. He is the author of the book
What Makes You Not a Buddhist and Not
for Happiness: A Guide to the So-Called
Preliminary Practices. He is also a
prominent tulku associated with
Dzongsar Monastery in Derge, Eastern
Kunzang Choden is a Bhutanese writer.
Tibet.
She is the first Bhutanese woman to
write a novel in English. Choden was
born in Bumthang District. Her parents
were feudal landlords. At the age of nine,
TSHERING TOBGAY
her father sent her to school in India,
English. She has a
Tshering where
Tobgaysheis learned
a Bhutanese
Psychology from
politician BAwhoHonours
has beenin Prime
Indraprastha
College
in
Delhi and a BA in
Minister of Bhutan since 2013. He
Sociology
from
the
was the Leader of Opposition party University of
Nebraska-Lincoln.
She has worked for
in National
Assembly from March,
the
United
Nations
2008 till April 2013.He is also Development
in Bhutan.
leader ofProgram
the People's
Democratic
Party.