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Bhutan was founded and unified as a country by Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in the mid-1600s. After his death the country nominally followed his recommended "dual system of government" which split control between an administrative leader (the Druk Desi), and a religious leader, the (Je Khenpo). In practice, regional penlops, or governors, often administered their districts in defiance of the power of the Desi Druks, until the rise of the unified monarchy at the beginning of the 20th century.

Druk desis (administrative leaders, 1680-1905)

Tenzin Rabgye (1638-1696) 1680-1694)
Gedun Chomphel (-1701) 1695-1701
Ngawang Tshering 1701-1704
Umdze Peljor 1704-1707
Druk Rabgye (-1729) 1707-1719
Ngawang Gyamtsho (-1729) 1719-1729
Mipham Wangpo 1729-1736
Khuwo Peljor 1736-1739
Ngawang Gyaltshen 1739-1744
Sherab Wangchuck 1744-1763
Druk Phuntsho 1763-1765
Druk Tendzin I 1765-1768
Donam Lhundub (-1773) 1768-1773
Kunga Rinchen 1773-1776
Jigme Singye (1742-1789) 1776-1788
Druk Tendzin II 1788-1792
Tashi Namgyal 1792-1799
Druk Namgyal 1799-1803
Tashi Namgyal (2. Mal) 1803-1805
Sangye Tendzin 1805-1806
Umdze Parpop 1806-1808
Bop Choda 1807-1808
Tsulthrim Drayga (1790-1820) 1809-1810
Jigme Dragpa II 1810-1811
Yeshey Gyaltshen (1781-1830) 1811-1815
Tshaphu Dorji 1815
Sonam Drugyal 1815-1819
Tendzin Drugdra 1819-1823
Choki Gyaltshen 1823-1831
Dorji Namgyal 1831-1832
Adap Thrinley 1832-1835
Choki Gyaltshen (2. Mal) 1835-1838
Dorji Norbu 1838-1847
Tashi Dorji 1847-1850
Wangchuk Gyalpo 1850
Jigme Norbu (in Thimphu) 1850-1852
Chagpa Sangye (in Punakha) 1851-1852
Damcho Lhundrup 1852-1856
Kunga Palden (in Punakha) 1856-1861
Sherab Tharchin (in Thimphu) 1856-1861
Phuntsho Namgyal 1861-1864
Tshewang Sithub 1864
Tsulthrim Yonten 1864
Kagyu Wangchuk 1864
Tshewang Sithub (2. Mal) 1864-1866
Tsondru Pekar 1866-1870
Jigme Namgyal (1825-1881) 1870-1873
Kitsep Dorji Namgyal 1873-1877
Jigme Namgyal (2. Mal) 1877-1878
Kitsep Dorji Namgyal (2. Mal) 1878-1879
Chogyal Zangpo (-1880) 03.1879-06.1880
Jigme Namgyal (3. Mal) 1880-07.1881
Lam Tshewang (1836-1883) 1881-05.1883
Gawa Zangpo 16.05.1883-23.08.1885
Sangye Dorji (-1901) 1885-1901
Choley Yeshe Ngodub (1851-1917) 1903-1905

Kings of Bhutan (1907-Present)

The monarchy was established in 1907, unifying the country under the control of the Wangchuk family, the traditional penlops of Trongsa district. The king of Bhutan is formally known as the "Druk Gyalpo", the "Dragon King".