Chairman of Tibet

Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Government
西藏自治区人民政府主席
National Emblem of China
Flag of China
Incumbent Garma Cedain since 28 November 2024
People's Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region
Type	Head of government
Status	Provincial level official
Reports to	Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress and its Standing Committee
Nominator	Presidium of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress
Appointer	Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress
Term length	Five years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme
Formation	September 1965
Deputy	Deputy Chairperson Secretary-General

The Chairman of theTibet Autonomous Region People's Government is the head of the Tibet Autonomous Region and leader of the People's Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region.

The chairperson is elected by the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The chairperson is a provincial level official and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the regional government. The chairperson is assisted by an executive vice chairperson as well as several vice chairpersons. The chairperson generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The chairperson is the second-highest ranking official in the autonomous region after the secretary of the CCP Tibet Committee. The government chairman is always a Tibetan. ^[1] The current chairperson is Garma Cedain, who took office on 28 November 2024.

List

People's Republic of China

No.	Officeholder		Term of office		Party	Ref.
			Took office	Left office
Chairman of the People's Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region
1		Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (1910–2009)	September 1965	August 1968	Chinese Communist Party
Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region
2		Zeng Yongya (1917–1995)	September 1968	November 1970	Chinese Communist Party
3		Ren Rong (1917–2017)	November 1970	August 1979
4		Sanggyai Yexe (1917–2008)	August 1979	April 1981
Chairman of the People's Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region
5		Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (1910–2009)	April 1981	February 1983	Chinese Communist Party
6		Dorje Tseten (1926–2013)	1983	1985		[2]
7		Doje Cering (born 1939)	1985	1990		[3]
8		Gyaincain Norbu (born 1932)	1990	1998		[4]
9		Legqog (born 1944)	May 1998	April 2003		[5]
10		Qiangba Puncog (born 1947)	16 March 2003	15 January 2010		[6]
11		Padma Choling (born 1952)	15 January 2010	29 January 2013		[7]
12		Losang Jamcan (born 1957)	29 January 2013	15 January 2017		[8]
13		Che Dalha (born 1958)	15 January 2017	8 October 2021		[9]
14		Yan Jinhai (born 1962)	8 October 2021	28 November 2024		[10]
15		Garma Cedain (born 1967)	22 January 2025 (acting from 28 November 2024)	Incumbent		[11]

References

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2. Authenticating Tibet : answers to China's 100 Questions . Blondeau, Anne-Marie., Buffetrille, Katia., Jing, Wei. Berkeley: University of California Press. 2008. pp.  225. ISBN   9780520244641. OCLC   87772917.
3. Li Dejin (李德金) (18 October 1998). 　上为中央分忧 下为百姓解难－－访民政部部长多吉才让. peopledaily.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 February 2022.
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8. "China appoints new Tibet governor, hardline policies to remain". Reuters. 2013-01-29. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved 2013-02-15.
9. 洛桑江村当选西藏自治区人大常委会主任 齐扎拉当选西藏自治区主席. Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-01-15.
10. Meng Yaxu (孟亚旭) (9 October 2021). 不到两年三度履新！十九届中候补严金海 任西藏自治区代主席. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 October 2021.
11. 嘎玛泽登任西藏自治区党委副书记、西藏自治区政府党组书记. bjnews.com.cn (in Chinese). 28 October 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.