Raidi Explained

Raidi
Native Name:
Office:Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
Term Start:15 March 2003
Term End:15 March 2008
1Blankname:Chairman
1Namedata:Wu Bangguo
Office1:Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress
Term Start1:January 1993
Term End1:May 2003
Predecessor1:Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme
Successor1:Legqog
Office2:Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Term Start2:May 1985
Term End2:January 1993
Predecessor2:Yangling Dorje
Successor2:Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai
Birth Place:Biru, Tibet
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Alma Mater:Central Party School
Module:
Child:yes
Order:st
Legqog
S:热地
T:熱地
P:Rèdì
Tib:རག་སྡི་
Wylie:rag sdi
Zwpy:Raidi

Raidi (; ; also written Ragdi; born August 1938) is a Tibetan politician of the People's Republic of China. He served as a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 2003 to 2008, and the highest ranking Tibetan in China.

Biography

He is a native of Biru County, Tibet Autonomous Region. He is a graduate of the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in October 1961.[1]

Tibetan Review wrote on September 3, 2019, that "China has included Re Di (also written as Raidi or Redi, but pronounced as Ragdi), one of top Tibetan collaborators with its occupation rule in Tibet, in a list of 36 nominees for its highest state honor which was announced on Aug 27."[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tibetan collaborator among top Chinese national honor recipients Tibetan Review. 2019-09-05. www.tibetanreview.net. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190905002727/http://www.tibetanreview.net/tibetan-collaborator-among-top-chinese-national-honor-recipients/. 2019-09-05. 2020-03-10. Re Di, a native of Driru (Chinese: Biru) County in Nagchu (Naqu) Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) where he was born in Aug 1938, is a graduate of the Central Party School, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in October 1961.He has in the past spoken of having experienced suffering under the old Tibetan society and that the PLA taught him about revolution and led him towards the revolutionary path. Ragdi has worked in various top leadership positions in TAR during his 28 years of service there until his “election” as a Vice Chairman of the standing committee of the National People’s Congress in Mar 2003..
  2. Web site: Tibetan collaborator among top Chinese national honor recipients Tibetan Review. 2019-09-05. www.tibetanreview.net. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190905002727/http://www.tibetanreview.net/tibetan-collaborator-among-top-chinese-national-honor-recipients/. 2019-09-05. 2020-03-10.