Consort: | yes |
Tshering Pem | |
Full Name: | Tshering Pem Wangchuck[1] |
Issue: | Chimi Yangzom Wangchuck Kesang Choden Wangchuck Ugyen Jigme Wangchuck |
Father: | Yab Dasho Ugyen Dorji |
Mother: | Yum Thuiji Zam |
Birth Date: | 1957 12, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Nobgang, Punakha, Bhutan |
Religion: | Vajrayana Buddhism |
Succession: | Queen consort of Bhutan |
Reign: | 1979 – 9 December 2006 |
Reign-Type: | Tenure |
Regent: | Dorji Wangmo Tshering Yangdon Sangay Choden |
Reg-Type: | Co-queens consort |
House: | Wangchuck (by marriage) |
Tshering Pem (born 22 December 1957) is one of the four wives and queens of Bhutanese king Jigme Singye Wangchuck, who ruled until his abdication in 2006. She is the Queen Mother (Gyalyum Kude) of Bhutan.
Her father, Yab Dasho Ugyen Dorji (1925–2019), was the Founder and Proprietor of Ugyen Academy (03/04/2002).[2] Her mother is Yum Thuiji Zam (b. 1932).
She was educated at St. Joseph's Convent, Kalimpong, and St. Helen's School, Kurseong, India.
The name Tshering means "long life".
She had, with the former king, the following children:
Name | Birth | Marriage | Issue | |
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Princess Ashi Chimi Yangzom Wangchuck (Photo) | 10 January 1980 | 13 October 2005 | Dasho Sangay Wangchuck[3] | Dasho Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck (ca.) Dasho Jamyang Singye Wangchuck |
Princess Ashi Kesang Choden Wangchuck (Photo) | 23 January 1982 | 11 November 2008 | Dasho Palden Yoser Thinley[4] | Dasho Jamgyel Singye Wangchuck[5] Dasho Ugyen Junay Wangchuck[6] Ashi Tshering Tshoyang Wangchuck[7] |
Prince Dasho Ugyen Jigme Wangchuck (Photo) | 11 November 1994 | |||