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Sherab Wangchuk
Sherab Wangchuk was the 13th Desi of Bhutan, ༼འབྲུག་བདེ་སྲིད་བཅུ་གསུམ་པ་ཤེས་རབས་དབང་ཕྱུག།༽ where he played a crucial role in medieval history of Bhutan.

Biography.
He was born in Khasarkha village near Thimphu. Also, he was the youngest of 8 children born to his parents. His childhood name was Sithup. At the age of 14 he entered state monastery and served as monk until 1729 when the 10th desi Mipham Wangpo appointed him to serve as Droenyer at Trongsa dzong. Shortly, after his appointment as droenyer in Trongsa Dzong he was appointed as the droeyner of Wangduephodrang dzong for he stopped the spread of fractional fighting in the eastern region. He also served as Paro Poenlop while the civil war was still raging.

He was appointed as 13th Desi in 1744 where he recieved congratulatory messages from the 7th Dalai Lama, the emperor of China and also from Nepal and Sikkim. Throughout his reign as desi he was known for his skill in negotiation and diplomacy. He improved the diplomatic skills with Cooch Bihar in India and Tibet in the north. The 13th Desi was not only good in negoitating but was also spiritually rooted for he was the chief patron for the reconstruction of Ralung Monastery in Tibet.