Qiangba Puncog

Qiangba Puncog
བྱམས་པ་ཕུན་ཚོགས
向巴平措
Qiangba Puncog at the
2010 National People's Congress
Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office
14 March 2013 – 17 March 2018
ChairmanZhang Dejiang
Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress
In office
15 January 2010 – 29 January 2013
Preceded byLegqog
Succeeded byPadma Choling
Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region
In office
16 March 2003 – 15 January 2010
Party SecretaryGuo Jinlong
Yang Chuantang
Zhang Qingli
Preceded byLegqog
Succeeded byPadma Choling
Personal details
BornMay 1947 (1947-05) (age 77)
Chamdo, Tibet
NationalityChinese
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materChongqing University

Qiangba Puncog, also spelled Champa Phuntsok (Tibetan: བྱམས་པ་ཕུན་ཚོགས་, Wylie: byams pa phun tshogs; Chinese: 向巴平措; pinyin: Xiàngbā Píngcuò; born in May 1947) was the chairman of the government of Tibet Autonomous Region of China from 2003 until January 2010. He is of Tibetan ethnicity.[1][2] He was most visible in public during the 2008 Tibetan unrest, receiving diplomats and journalists.[1] Qiangba Puncog resigned as chairman on January 12, 2010,[3] and subsequently began serving as chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region.[citation needed]

  1. ^ a b "Who's Who in China's Leadership: Qiangba Puncog". China Internet Information Center (www.china.org.cn). Retrieved 2010-02-04.
  2. ^ "Qiangba Puncog's statement at press conference". China Daily. 10 April 2008. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
  3. ^ Canada Tibet Committee | Newsroom | WTN