Abdication
On 17 December 2005, (at the age of 50), he announced his intention to abdicate in 2008, leaving the throne to his son. In a royal edict issued on 14 December 2006, the king announced that he would begin handing over power to his eldest son Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck immediately. He ordered a parliamentary election be held in 2008.
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“The abdication of Belief
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Than no illume at all.”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
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