Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme was a Tibetan senior official who assumed various military and political responsibilities both before and after 1951 in Tibet. He is often known simply as Ngapo in English sources.
Lhalu Tsewang Dorje commonly known as Lhalu, Lhalu Se, or Lhalu Shape, was a Tibetan aristocrat and politician who held a variety of positions in various Tibetan governments before and after 1951.
The Samding Dorje Phagmo is the highest female incarnation in Tibet and the third highest-ranking person in the hierarchy after the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama. She was listed among the highest-ranking reincarnations at the time of the 5th Dalai Lama, recognized by the Tibetan government and acknowledged by the emperors of Qing China. In her first incarnation, as Chökyi Drönma, she was the student and consort of the famous polymath Thang Tong Gyalpo, who first identified her as an emanation of Vajravārāhī, and the consort of Bodong Panchen. The seat of the Samding Dorje Phagmo is at Samding Monastery, in Tibet.
Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari Rinpoche, Kasur Lodi Gyari or "as he is universally known to the Tibetan-speaking world, Gyari Rinpoche" was a Tibetan politician, and journalist who served as the 14th Dalai Lama's special envoy to the United States. Exiled to India in 1959, he was also the executive chairman of the International Campaign for Tibet.
Padma Choling is a Chinese retired politician of Tibetan ethnicity. He was the eighth chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), but in January 2013, was replaced by his deputy Losang Jamcan. Later he served as the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress. As Chairman of TAR, Choling was the "most senior ethnic Tibetan in the regional government", though he was subordinate to the TAR Communist Party Chief Zhang Qingli, and later his successor Chen Quanguo.
Losang Jamcan, also spelled Losang Gyaltsen, is a Chinese politician of Tibetan ethnicity who is currently a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and the chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Zhang Jingwu was a lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army and People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Hunan Province and his birth name was Zhang Renshan. He and Zhang Guohua chaired the CCP Tibet Work Committee in 1951. Zhang Jingwu was Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Tibet Autonomous Region from March 1952 to September 1965.
Che Dalha, also romanized as Che Zala and Qizhala, is a Chinese politician of Tibetan ethnicity who served as Chairman (Governor) of Tibet Autonomous Region between January 2017 and October 2021. Originally from Yunnan province, he served as Communist Party Secretary of the Tibetan capital Lhasa between 2012 and 2017. Since October 2017, he is the member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
Tibet Autonomous Regional People's Government is the provincial administrative agency of Tibet, People 's Republic of China. The provincial government consists of the Tibet Autonomous Regional People's Congress, the TAR People's Congress Standing Committee, and has a mandate to frame local laws and regulations, such as the use of the Tibetan language in the region. Additionally, rules for adapting national laws to the province are also the responsibility of the People's Government.
Garma Cedain, also spelled Gama Zeden, is a Chinese politician of Tibetan ethnicity who is a current vice chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, in office since January 2022.
Dingja Dorje Gyaltsen was a Tibetan official of the Kashag and later a member of the Preparatory Committee for the Tibet Autonomous Region. In 1915 he was dispatched by the 13th Dalai Lama on a military mission to India where he studied the use of modern artillery and machine guns. In 1949, as Taiji and a ranked official of the Kashag government, Dorje Gyaltsen was part of a special delegation that was supposed to leave for the United States to gather foreign support in the face of "incoming Chinese communist invasion". However, as Western powers rejected Tibetan calls for help, the delegation was ultimately disbanded before ever leaving Tibet. After the annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China, in 1954 Dingja Dorje Gyaltsen was assigned a minor role in the new Tibetan Foreign Affairs Office installed by the Chinese Communist Party. After the 1959 Tibetan uprising, as the Kashag was formally abolished, Dingja Dorje Gyaltsen was promoted to membership of the Preparatory Committee for the Tibet Autonomous Region, the governing body of what would later become the Tibet Autonomous Region.
The Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, also called the Xizang Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the regional committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the Tibet Autonomous Region. The CCP committee secretary is the highest ranking post in the region. The current secretary is Wang Junzheng, who succeeded Wu Yingjie on 18 October 2021.
The Office building of the Preparatory Committee for the Tibet Autonomous Region is located in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
The Tibet Working People's Cultural Palace, or Cultural Palace of the Tibetan Working People was a famous original building in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, belonging to the Tibet Autonomous Region Federation of Trade Unions, located on the south side of the Potala Palace Square, which has now been demolished.
The Supervisory Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region, TAR Supervisory Committee, or Tibet Supervisory Committee for short, is a provincial-level local State Supervisory Organs of the People's Republic of China Tibet Autonomous Region, which is co-located with the Tibet Autonomous Region Commission for Discipline Inspection.
The Tibet Autonomous Region Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, abbreviated as the Tibet Autonomous Region CPPCC or the CPPCC Tibet Autonomous Region Committee, is the regional branch of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in the Tibet Autonomous Region.
The Tibet Development Fund, the only national public foundation in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, was initiated by the Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama and Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. A preparatory committee was formed in April 1987 in Beijing, with both vice-chairmen leading the effort.
The 20th anniversary of the Tibet Autonomous Region in 1985 consisted of a series of events conducted in September 1985 to honor Tibet Autonomous Region's founding.
The 50th Anniversary of the Tibet Autonomous Region in 2015 consisted of a series of events conducted in September 2015 to honor Tibet Autonomous Region's founding.
