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Jigme Palden Dorji
1st Prime Minister of Bhutan
In office
1952 – 6 April 1964
MonarchJigme Dorji
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byJigme Thinley
Personal details
Born1919
Bhutan House, Kalimpong, India
Died6 April 1964 (aged 44-45)
Phuntsoling Guesthouse, Bhutan
Political partyIndependent
SpouseAshi Tsering Yangzom
Children4
Parent(s)Sonam Topgay Dorji
Chuni Wangmo

Dasho (Lord) Jigme Palden Dorji[1] (1919 – 6 April 1964)[2] was a Bhutanese politician and member of the Dorji family. By marriage, he was also a member of the House of Wangchuck.[3]

The brother-in-law of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Dorji was close to his kinsman and accompanied the future king when he lived in the United Kingdom in 1950.[4]

Appointed Chief Minister (Gongzim) in 1952,[5] he became the first man to hold the title Prime Minister of Bhutan (Lonchen).[6] This followed the upgrading of the old position in 1958 as part of a wider series of reforms by Jigme Dorji Wangchuck.[7] As brother-in-law of the Dragon King of Bhutan Dorji helped to drive the king's modernisation polices. However his reforms antagonised both the military and the religious institutions leading to a corporal in the army assassinating him in April 1964. Namgyal Bahadur, head of the Royal Bhutan Army, was amongst those executed for the murder plot.[7]

Honours

  • King Mahendra Investiture Medal (Kingdom of Nepal, 2 May 1956).[8]

Ancestry

Family of Jigme Palden Dorji
16. Pala Gyeltshen
8. Sherpa Puchung, Dzongpon
17. a Lady from Tsento, Paro
4. Raja Ugyen Dorji
9. Tsherim, a Lady from Tsento, Paro
2. Raja Sonam Tobgye Dorji
1. Jigme Palden Dorji
24. Tenzing Namgyal, 6th Maharaja of Sikkim
12. Tsugphud Namgyal, 7th Maharaja of Sikkim
25. Anyo Karwang
6. Sir Thutob Namgyal, 9th Maharaja of Sikkim
13. Maharani Menchi
3. Rani Mayum Chonying Wangmo Dorji
14. Shiafe Uthok, of the Lhading House of Lhasa
7. Yeshay Dolma

References

  1. ^ Royal Ark
  2. ^ Lindsay Brown, Bradley Mayhew, Stan Armington, Richard Whitecross, Bhutan, 2007, p. 40
  3. ^ BHUTAN (Kingdom)
  4. ^ Grooming of the Father of Modern Bhutan
  5. ^ Royal Ark
  6. ^ Bhutan
  7. ^ a b Modernization under Jigme Dorji, 1952-72
  8. ^ Royal Ark
Political offices
Preceded by
office created
 Prime Minister of Bhutan
1952–1964 		Succeeded by
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