# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/the-12th-gyalwang-drukpa-jigme-pema-wangchen
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:35:31.690Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/the-12th-gyalwang-drukpa-jigme-pema-wangchen"
name: "The 12th Gyalwang Drukpa Jigme Pema Wangchen"
slug: "the-12th-gyalwang-drukpa-jigme-pema-wangchen"
description: "The 12th Gyalwang Drukpa, Jigmet Pema Wangchen, is the head of the Drukpa Lineage school, which is one of the independent Sarma (new) schools of Tibetan Buddhism. In Drukpa, druk means 'dragon' which is a symbol of love and peace."
tagline: "Bhutanese spiritual leader"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Druk_white_lotus_school_gya.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1963-03-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.61
  momentum:             25
  historical:           5.035244
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Drukpa"
    handle:    "Drukpa"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Drukpa.Order"
    handle:    "Drukpa.Order"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.drukpa.org/"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigme_Pema_Wangchen"
    title: "Jigme Pema Wangchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Gyalwang_Drukpa"
    title: "12th Gyalwang Drukpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigme_Pema_Wangchen"
    title: "Jigme Pema Wangchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigme_Pema_Wangchen"
    title: "Jigme Pema Wangchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3_%D0%94%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BF%D0%B0_XII"
    title: "Гьялванг Друкпа XII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q966363"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump