Sampho Tsewang Rigzin

Sampho Tsewang Rigzin
བསམ་ཕོ་ཚེ་དབང་རིག་འཛིན་
桑颇·才旺仁增
Sampho Tsewang Rigzin in PLA uniform, circa 1955
Sampho Tsewang Rigzin in PLA uniform, c. 1955
Vice Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region
In office
1959–1973
ChairmanZeng Yongya
Ren Rong
Member of the 4th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office
1965–1973
ChairmanZhou Enlai
Kalön of the Kashag
In office
1957–1959
Serving with Ngabo Ngawang Jigme and Liushar Thubten Tharpa
Monarch14th Dalai Lama
Preceded byDogan Penjor Rabgye
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born1905 (1905)
Lhasa
Died1973 (aged 67–68)
Political partyChinese Communist Party
RelationsPalden Thondup Namgyal (son-in-law)
ChildrenSamyo Kushoe Sangideki (daughter)
Military service
AllegiancePeople's Republic of China
Branch/servicePeople's Liberation Army
RankMajor General (Jiang)
CommandsDeputy Commander, Tibet Military District

Sampho Tsewang Rigzin[a] (1904–1973) was a Tibetan politician and soldier. After the annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China in 1951, he joined the Chinese Communist Party and the People's Liberation Army, attaining the rank of major general (shaojiang) in the latter. He served as a Kalön of the Tibetan Kashag from 1957 to 1959. He was later purged by Chinese officials during the Cultural Revolution and publicly humiliated in a struggle session.
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