Tseyring Pem

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}}{{Infobox royalty | consort = yes | name = Tseyring Pem | image = Tshering Pem.jpg | full name = Tseyring Pem Wangchuck<ref group=fn>Women in Bhutan retain their names upon marriage.</ref> | spouse = {{marriage|Jigme Singye Wangchuck|1979}} | issue = Chimi Yangzom Wangchuck Kesang Choden Wangchuck Ugyen Jigme Wangchuck | father = ''Yab Dasho'' Ugyen Dorji | mother = ''Yum'' Thuiji Zam | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1957|12|22}} | birth_place = Nobgang, Punakha, Bhutan | religion = Vajrayana Buddhism | caption = Tseyring Pem in 2010 | 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) }} {{Bhutanese Name}} {{Royal Family of Bhutan}} '''Tseyring Pem Wangchuck''' ({{langx|dz|ཚེ་རིང་པད་མ}}, {{bo|w=tshe ring pad ma}}; 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.

==Biography== Her father, ''Yab Dasho'' Ugyen Dorji (1925–2019), was the Founder and Proprietor of Ugyen Academy (UA) (03/04/2002).<ref>[http://www.ugyenacademy.edu.bt/main/page.php?id=1 Ugyen Academy]</ref>

She was educated at St. Joseph's Convent, Kalimpong, and St. Helen's School, Kurseong, India.

The name Tshering means "long life".

==Children== She had, with the former king, the following children: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Name !! Birth !!colspan=2 | Marriage !! Issue |- |Princess ''Ashi'' Chimi Yangzom Wangchuck ([https://78.media.tumblr.com/56164e2be1abdb37b5c775adecfda220/tumblr_nj9asaND4S1r6jme9o1_500.jpg Photo]) || {{birth date and age|1980|1|10|df=y}} || 13 October 2005 || ''Dasho'' Sangay Wangchuck<ref>{{Cite web |title=RAOnline Bhutan: Bhutan's Royal Family - Gallery - HRH Princess Ashi Chimi Yangzom |url=https://www.raonline.ch/pages/bt/rfam/bt_royalfam03b3b.html |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.raonline.ch}}</ref>|| ''Dasho'' Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} (ca. {{birth year and age|2006|9}}) ''Dasho'' Jamyang Singye Wangchuck ({{birth year and age|2009}}) |- |Princess ''Ashi'' Kesang Choden Wangchuck ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130509061535/http://www.bhutan2008.bt/files/images/ashikesangchodenwangchuck.gif Photo]) || {{birth date and age|1982|1|23|df=y}} || 11 November 2008 || ''Dasho'' Palden Yoser Thinley<ref>[http://www.bhutanmajestictravel.com/news/2008/her-royal-highness-ashi-kezang-choden-wangchuck-married-to-dasho-palden-yoeser-thinley.html Bhutan Majestic Travel] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310122738/http://www.bhutanmajestictravel.com/news/2008/her-royal-highness-ashi-kezang-choden-wangchuck-married-to-dasho-palden-yoeser-thinley.html |date=2012-03-10 }}, Wedding news</ref> || ''Dasho'' Jamgyel Singye Wangchuck<ref>{{Cite web |title=His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck - 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. |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10154693006648260&set=a.485878073259 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref> ''Dasho'' Ugyen Junay Wangchuck<ref>{{Cite web |title=His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck - HRH Princess Kesang Choden with her son, SH Ugyen Junay. |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10154693009728260&set=a.485878073259 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref>

''Ashi'' Tshering Tshoyang Wangchuck<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 January 2019 |title=Monarchies Today - Royalty around the globe: Breaking: Bhutan's Princess Kesang Choden Wangchuck gives birth to a daughter |url=http://royaleventsintheword.blogspot.com/2019/01/breaking-bhutans-princess-kesang-choden.html |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=Monarchies Today }}</ref> (ca. {{birth year and age|2019|1}}) |- |Prince ''Dasho'' Ugyen Jigme Wangchuck ([http://raonline.ch/images/bt/rfam/rfam_ugyenjigme01.jpg Photo]) || {{birth date and age|1994|11|11|df=y}} || || || |- |}

== Patronages == {{Unreferenced section|date=April 2026|small=y}} * Co-chairman of the Bhutan Foundation. * President of the Bhutan Youth Development Foundation (YDF).

== Honours == * {{flag|United States}} : ** Champion of Rising Leaders Award by Teton Science Schools [TSS] (17 October 2023).<ref>[https://thebhutanese.bt/her-majesty-tseyring-pem-wangchuck-gets-the-champion-of-rising-leaders-award/ The Bhutanese]</ref>

== Honorary degrees == She received an honorary doctorate from Murdoch University in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-10 |title=Queen Mother of Bhutan receives Honorary Doctorate from Murdoch University |url=https://www.murdoch.edu.au/news/articles/queen-mother-of-bhutan-receives-honorary-doctorate-from-murdoch-university |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=News Portal |language=en}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

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==External links== * [http://bhutannewsonline.com/monarchy.html Bhutan News Online] * [http://www.worldwhoswho.com/public/views/royal_families.html?country=BHUTAN World Who's Who]

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