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 | |
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ཡེ་ཤེས་དངོས་གྲུབ | |
54th Druk Desi | |
In office 1903–1905 | |
Preceded by | Sangay Dorji |
Succeeded by | position abolished; monarchy established from 1907 |
Je Khenpo | |
In office 1915–1917 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1851 Tang Valley, Bumthang District |
Died | 1917 |
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]