Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme

Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme
ང་ཕོད་ངག་དབང་འཇིགས་མེད་
阿沛·阿旺晋美
Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office
27 March 1993 – 23 December 2009
ChairmanLi RuihuanJia Qinglin
In office
29 April 1959 – 5 January 1965
ChairmanZhou Enlai
Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress
In office
February 1983 – January 1993
Preceded byYang Dongsheng
Succeeded byRaidi
In office
August 1979 – April 1981
Preceded bynew position
Succeeded byYang Dongsheng
Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region
In office
1964–1968
Preceded byChoekyi Gyaltsen
Succeeded byZeng Yongya
In office
1981–1983
Preceded bySanggyai Yexe
Succeeded byDoje Cedain
Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office
3 January 1965 – 27 March 1993
ChairmanZhu DeYe JianyingPeng ZhenWan Li
Delegate to the National People's Congress
In office
September 1954 – December 1964
ChairmanLiu ShaoqiZhu De
Kalön of Tibet
In office
1950–1959
Serving with Thupten Kunkhen (until 1951), Kashopa Chogyal Nyima (1945–1949), Lhalu Tsewang Dorje (1946–1952), Dogan Penjor Rabgye (1949–1957), Khyenrab Wangchug (1951–1956), Liushar Thubten Tharpa (since 1955), Sampho Tsewang Rigzin (since 1957), and Surkhang Wangchen Gelek
Monarch14th Dalai Lama
Governor of Domai
In office
August 1950 – October 1950
Monarch14th Dalai Lama
Preceded byLhalu Tsewang Dorje
Succeeded bytitle abolished
Personal details
Born(1910-02-01)February 1, 1910
Lhasa, Tibet, Qing Empire
DiedDecember 23, 2009(2009-12-23) (aged 99)
Beijing, People's Republic of China
SpouseNgapoi Cedain Zhoigar
Awards Order of Liberation (First Class Medal)
Military service
Allegiance Tibet
 People's Republic of China
Branch/service Tibetan Army
 People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Rank Lieutenant General of the PLA
CommandsDeputy Commander, PLA Tibet Military District
Kalön (minister), Kashag
Commander-in-chief, Tibetan Army in Chamdo
Battles/warsBattle of Chamdo

Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (Tibetan: ང་ཕོད་ངག་དབང་འཇིགས་མེད་, Wylie: Nga phod Ngag dbang 'jigs med[1], ZYPY: Ngapo Ngawang Jigmê, Lhasa dialect: [ŋɑ̀pø̂ː ŋɑ̀wɑŋ t͡ɕíʔmi]; Chinese: 阿沛·阿旺晋美[1]; pinyin: Āpèi Āwàng Jìnměi; February 1, 1910 – December 23, 2009[2]) 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.

  1. ^ a b Powers, John (2016). "Appendix B – p. 11)". The Buddha Party: How the People's Republic of China Works to Define and Control Tibetan BuddhismOxford University Press. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-0199358151.
  2. ^ "Senior Chinese legislator, political advisor passes away". Xinhua. Archived from the original on February 24, 2014. Retrieved 2009-12-23.