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class="infobox-label">Tenure</th><td class="infobox-data">1979 – 9 December 2006</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Co-queens consort</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dorji_Wangmo" title="Dorji Wangmo">Dorji Wangmo</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tshering_Pem" title="Tshering Pem">Tshering Pem</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tshering_Yangdon" title="Tshering Yangdon">Tshering Yangdon</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1963-05-11</span>) </span>11 May 1963<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 61)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Talog_Gewog" title="Talog Gewog">Nobgang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punakha_District" title="Punakha District">Punakha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jigme_Singye_Wangchuck" title="Jigme Singye Wangchuck">Jigme Singye Wangchuck</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1979)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Issue_(genealogy)" title="Issue (genealogy)">Issue</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Khamsum_Singye_Wangchuck" title="Khamsum Singye 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Yangzom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jigme_Dorji_Wangchuck_(born_1986)" title="Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (born 1986)">Prince Jigme Dorji</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Queen Mother Sangay Choden</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Khamsum_Singye_Wangchuck" title="Khamsum Singye Wangchuck">Prince Khamsum Singye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euphelma_Choden_Wangchuck" title="Euphelma Choden Wangchuck">Princess Euphelma Choden</a></li></ul></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="text-align:left;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px #aaa solid; padding-left:0.2em;;color: var(--color-base)">Family of the<br /><a href="/wiki/Jigme_Dorji_Wangchuck" title="Jigme Dorji Wangchuck">Third Druk Gyalpo</a> (deceased)</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left; padding-left:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Kesang_Choden_(queen)" title="Kesang Choden (queen)">The Queen Grandmother</a> <ul><li>Princess Sonam Choden</li> <li>Princess Dechen Wangmo</li> <li>Princess Pema Lhaden</li> <li>Princess Kesang Wangmo</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="text-align:left;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:1px #aaa solid; padding-left:0.2em;;color: var(--color-base)">Family of the<br /><a href="/wiki/Jigme_Wangchuck" title="Jigme Wangchuck">Second Druk Gyalpo</a> (deceased)</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left; padding-left:0.2em;"> <ul><li>Princess Choki Wangmo</li> <li>Prince Namgyel</li> <li>Princess Deki Yangzom</li> <li>Princess Pema Choden</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar" style="padding-right:0.2em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output 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abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Bhutanese_royal_family" title="Template:Bhutanese royal family"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Bhutanese_royal_family" title="Template talk:Bhutanese royal family"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Bhutanese_royal_family" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Bhutanese royal family"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sangay Choden</b> (born 11 May 1963) is one of the four wives and queens of Bhutanese king <a href="/wiki/Jigme_Singye_Wangchuck" title="Jigme Singye Wangchuck">Jigme Singye Wangchuck</a>, who ruled in <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a> from 1972 until his abdication in 2006. She is the Queen Mother (Gyalyum Kude) of <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangay_Choden&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Her father, <i>Yab Dasho</i> Ugyen Dorji (1925–2019), was the Founder and Proprietor of <a href="/wiki/Ugyen_Academy_(UA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ugyen Academy (UA)">Ugyen Academy</a> (03/04/2002).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her mother is <i>Yum</i> Thuiji Zam (b. 1932). </p><p>She was educated at <a href="/w/index.php?title=St._Joseph%27s_Convent_(Kalimpong)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St. Joseph's Convent (Kalimpong) (page does not exist)">St. Joseph's Convent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kalimpong" title="Kalimpong">Kalimpong</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=St._Helen%27s_School_(Kurseong)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St. Helen's School (Kurseong) (page does not exist)">St. Helen's School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurseong" title="Kurseong">Kurseong</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. </p><p>Her three brothers are:<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i>Lyonpo</i> <a href="/wiki/Sangay_Ngedup" title="Sangay Ngedup">Sangay Ngedup</a> (b. 1953), former <a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Bhutan" title="List of prime ministers of Bhutan">Prime Minister of Bhutan</a>.</li> <li><i>Dasho</i> Ugyen Tsechup (b. 1964).</li> <li><i>Dasho</i> Topgay (b. 1966).</li></ul> <p>Her five sisters are (three of them are the other Queen Mothers):<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ashi_(title)" title="Ashi (title)">Ashi</a></i> Beda (b. 1951).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Majesty" title="Majesty">HM</a> <i>Ashi</i> <a href="/wiki/Dorji_Wangmo" title="Dorji Wangmo">Dorji Wangmo</a> (b. 1955).</li> <li>HM <i>Ashi</i> <a href="/wiki/Tshering_Pem" title="Tshering Pem">Tshering Pem</a> (b. 1957).</li> <li>HM <i>Ashi</i> <a href="/wiki/Tshering_Yangdon" title="Tshering Yangdon">Tshering Yangdon</a> (b. 1959), mother of King <a href="/wiki/Jigme_Khesar_Namgyel_Wangchuck" title="Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck">Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck</a>.</li> <li><i>Ashi</i> Sonam Choden (b. 1969).</li></ul> <p>Sangay Choden was appointed the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Population_Fund" title="United Nations Population Fund">United Nations Population Fund</a>’s (UNFPA) Goodwill Ambassador in <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a> in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-UNFPA_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNFPA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I support the all around development of our younger generations, in whose hands lie the future of our country.</p></blockquote> <p>Sangay Choden is particularly interested in promoting the arts in Bhutan and advocating the country's rich cultural heritage. She is the patron of the <a href="/wiki/Bhutan_Textile_Museum" title="Bhutan Textile Museum">Bhutan Textile Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Thimphu" title="Thimphu">Thimphu</a> which she helped establish in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-Queen_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Queen-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Her Majesty also established the Tara Lhadron Zhingkham Lhakhang, a temple dedicated to the 21 Taras located in the historically and spiritually significant temple grounds of Parigzampa Astrology School in <a href="/wiki/Dechencholing_Palace" title="Dechencholing Palace">Dechencholing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thimphu" title="Thimphu">Thimphu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 July 2011 she visited the <a href="/wiki/Alhambra" title="Alhambra">Alhambra</a> with her daughter, Princess <i>Ashi</i> <a href="/wiki/Euphelma_Choden_Wangchuck" title="Euphelma Choden Wangchuck">Euphelma Choden Wangchuck</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Children">Children</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangay_Choden&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Children"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>She had, with the former king, the following children: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Birth</th> <th colspan="2">Marriage</th> <th>Issue </th></tr> <tr> <td>Prince <i>Dasho</i><br /><a href="/wiki/Khamsum_Singye_Wangchuck" title="Khamsum Singye Wangchuck">Khamsum Singye Wangchuck</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://2008.bhutan-360.com/uploads/2008/10/corontion_prince_khamsum.jpg">Photo</a>)</td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1985-10-06</span>) </span>6 October 1985<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 39)</span></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Princess <i>Ashi</i><br /><a href="/wiki/Euphelma_Choden_Wangchuck" title="Euphelma Choden Wangchuck">Euphelma Choden Wangchuck</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff431/PallasMoon/Bhutan/Newscom-sipaphotosthree329532.jpg">Photo</a>)</td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1993-06-06</span>) </span>6 June 1993<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 31)</span></td> <td>29 October 2020</td> <td><i>Dasho</i> Thinley Norbu<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Patronages">Patronages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangay_Choden&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Patronages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Royal Patron of the <a href="/wiki/Bhutan_Textile_Museum" title="Bhutan Textile Museum">Bhutan Textile Museum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Textile_Academy_of_Bhutan" title="Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan">Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan</a> (RTAB).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Founder and President of RENEW (Respect, Educate, Nurture and Empower Women) since 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-RENEW_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RENEW-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Goodwill Ambassador for <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Population_Fund" title="United Nations Population Fund">UNFPA</a> since 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>President of the Gyalyum (Queen Mother) Charitable Trust.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangay_Choden&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> : <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations"><img alt="United Nations" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Population_Award" title="United Nations Population Award">United Nations Population Award</a> (Individual Category, 10 December 2020).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangay_Choden&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Wangchuck" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Wangchuck">House of Wangchuck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_of_succession_to_the_Bhutanese_throne" class="mw-redirect" title="Line of succession to the Bhutanese throne">Line of succession to the Bhutanese throne</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangay_Choden&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFD700; text-align:center;"><div>Sangay Choden </div><div><b><a href="/wiki/House_of_Wangchuck" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Wangchuck">House of Wangchuck</a></b></div><span style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; margin:2em"><b>Born:</b> 11 May 1963</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #65BCFF"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Wangchuck" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Wangchuck">Bhutanese royalty</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Kesang_Choden_(born_1930)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kesang Choden (born 1930)">Kesang Choden</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Druk_Gyaltsuen" class="mw-redirect" title="Druk Gyaltsuen">Queen consort of Bhutan</a> </b><br />1979–2006<br /><i>with <a href="/wiki/Dorji_Wangmo" title="Dorji Wangmo">Dorji Wangmo</a></i> <br /><i><a href="/wiki/Tshering_Pem" title="Tshering Pem">Tshering Pem</a></i> <br /><i><a href="/wiki/Tshering_Yangdon" title="Tshering Yangdon">Tshering Yangdon</a></i> </td> <td style="width: 30%; 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