Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa | |
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Finance Minister of Tibet | |
In office 1939–1950 | |
Dalai Lama | Tenzin Gyatso |
Personal details | |
Born | Lhasa, Tibet | January 11, 1907
Died | February 23, 1989 Corpus Christi, Texas, United States | (aged 82)
Nationality | Tibetan |
Occupation | Diplomat, Politician, Scholar, Author |
Known for | Tibet: A Political history |
Tsepon Wangchuk Deden Shakabpa (Tibetan: རྩིས་དཔོན་དབང་ཕྱུག་བདེ་ལྡན་ཞྭ་སྒབ་པ, Wylie: rtsis dpon dbang phyug bde ldan zhwa sgab pa, January 11, 1907 – February 23, 1989) was a Tibetan nobleman, scholar, statesman and former Finance Minister of the government of Tibet.[1]