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Current Head of State and Head of Government
| Notable | Born | Title | In Office | Photo | Status |
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| Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | 1980 | King of Bhutan | 2006 |  | Not Connected |
| Lotay Tshering | 1969 | Former Prime Minister | 2018-2023 |  | Not Connected |
The Bhutanese Monarchy
Bhutan was founded and unified as a country by Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche in the mid–17th century. After his death in 1651, Bhutan nominally followed his recommended "dual system of government". Under the dual system, government control was split between a secular leader, the Druk Desi (འབྲུག་སྡེ་སྲིད་, aka Deb Raja); and a religious leader, the Je Khenpo (རྗེ་མཁན་པོ་).
Both the Druk Desi and Je Khenpo were under the nominal authority of the Zhabdrung Rinpoche, a reincarnation of Ngawang Namgyal. In practice however, the Zhabdrung was often a child under the control of the Druk Desi, and regional penlops often administered their districts in defiance of the power of the Druk Desis until the rise of the unified Wangchuck dynasty in 1907.
Since the rise of the unified Wangchuck family in 1907, the Druk Gyalpo (འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་; lit. "Dragon King") have been the head of state of the Kingdom of Bhutan.
Bhutanese Notables
| Notable | Born | Died | Claim to Fame | Photo | Status |
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| Kunzang Choden | 1958 | Living | Author |  | Not Connected |
| Khyentse Norbu | 1961 | Living | Film Director |  | Not Connected |
| Kelly Dorji | 1971 | Living | Actor |  | Not Connected |
| Chencho Gyeltshen | 1996 | Living | Footballer |  | Not Connected |
For additional Bhutanese notables see: Category: Bhutanese, Notables
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