Sonam Dechen Wangchuck (born 1981) explained
Princess Sonam Dechen Wangchuck (Dzongkha བསོད་ནམས་བདེ་ཆེན དབང་, born 5 August 1981) is a princess of Bhutan. She is the daughter of the Fourth King of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Queen Mother Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck. She is half-sister of the fifth King, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.
Biography
She was educated at Lungtenzampa Middle Secondary School and Yangchenphug Higher Secondary School, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut, US.
She has a degree in international relations from Stanford University (1999) and a Masters in law from Harvard Law School (2007).[1] She also clerked for the Royal High Court of Bhutan, later working at the Judiciary of the Kingdom of Bhutan as President of the Bhutan National Legal Institute (BNLI).
Sonam is a Bhutanese name denoting merit, longevity and good fortune.
Marriage and children
She married a distant relative, Phub W. Dorji (born on 1 January 1980)[2] at the Motithang Palace on 5 April 2009. He is a son of Zepon Wangchuck, a former monk,[3] Chief Architect and project manager,[4] from Takchu Gompa, Haa, by his wife, Ugyen Dolma, from Gaselo. Phub W. Dorji has degrees from US universities, later working in the Finance Ministry.[5]
They have two sons:[4]
Patronages
- Board Member of the Tarayana Foundation (TF).[11]
- Honourable President of the Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law (JSW Law) since 2010.[12]
Official visits
- 24 October 2017 – Japan.[13]
- 3 October 2022 – Japan.[14]
Titles and styles
| Royal Name: | Princess Sonam Dechen Wangchuck |
| Dipstyle: | Her Royal Highness |
| Offstyle: | Your Royal Highness |
| Altstyle: | Ashi |
See also
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Notes and References
- Emily Newburger, "In Bhutan, a constitution is in the offing. Will it raise the 'gross national happiness'?", Harvard Law Bulletin, Summer 2007.
- Web site: Nppf.
- Book: Treasures of the Thunder Dragon: A Portrait of Bhutan. Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck . June 18, 2006. Penguin Books India. 9780670999019 . Google Books.
- Web site: HRH Ashi Sonam Dechan Wangchuck . อย่างไม่เป็นทางการ: Princess Ashi Deyang Gaki Namgyal Wangchuck . Facebook.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090411054354/http://www.bbs.com.bt/HRH%20Ashi%20Sonam%20Dechan%20Wangchuck%20marries%20Dasho%20Phub%20Dorji.html "HRH Ashi Sonam Dechan Wangchuck marries Dasho Phub W. Dorji"
- Web site: The one whose heart ❣️is filled with love and good, sees only beauty ☀️ ✨Jigje, December 3, 2020 ✨ Happy 11th ☀️. Facebook . December 1, 2020 . Sonam Dechan . Wangchuck .
- Web site: HRH Princess Kesang Choden's son SH Jamgyel Singye (left) and HRH Princess Sonam Dechan's son, SH Jigje Singye, with popular Bhutanese comedians, at Tangsibji, Trongsa. . His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck . December 19, 2016 . Facebook.
- Web site: La princesa más desconocida y sorprendente de Bután. October 24, 2017. Semana.
- Web site: HRH Ashi Sonam Dechan Wangchuck. es-la.facebook.com.
- Web site: Log in or sign up to view. m.facebook.com.
- Web site: 25th Board Meeting (2nd August) . August 10, 2016 . Tarayana Foundation. 2016-08-22. 2019-02-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20190226030149/http://www.tarayanafoundation.org/25th-board-meeting-2nd-august/. dead.
- Web site: About . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231022075236/https://jswlaw.bt/about-jsw-law/ . Oct 22, 2023 . Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law.
- Web site: Princess Sonam Dechan Wangchuck Of Bhutan Visits Japan . Getty Images.
- Web site: Crown Prince meets Bhutan royals . October 4, 2022. The Yomiuri Shimbun .
- Book: Of Rainbows and Clouds: The Life of Yab Ugyen Dorji as Told to His Daughter. Yab Ugyen Dorji . Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck . June 18, 1999. Serindia Publications, Inc.. 9780906026496 . Google Books.
