List of modern political leaders of Tibet explained

This article lists the modern political leaders of Tibet within the People's Republic of China. The transition from Lamaist rule in Tibet started in 1951 with the Seventeen Point Agreement between the Central People's Government and the 14th Dalai Lama. A "Preparatory Committee for the Autonomous Region of Tibet" (PCART) was established in 1956 in the former Tibet Area to create a parallel system of administration along Communist lines. Transition to secular government completed when Tibet Autonomous Region was officially founded in 1965 according to the national autonomy law.^[1]

The politics in Tibet are structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in the People's Republic of China. Both the Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region and the Chairman of the regional People's Congress, are by law ethnic Tibetans. There is also a branch secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), who is the top executive official.

TAR Government Chairmen

The Chairman is the nominal leader of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), a province-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. The Chairmen, and their times in office, are listed below. In practice, the Chairman is subordinate to the branch secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.

Directors of the Preparatory Committee for the Tibet Autonomous Region

14th Dalai Lama: April 1956 – March 1959
10th Panchen Lama: March 1959 – December 1964 (acting)
Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme: December 1964 – September 1965 (acting)

Chairmen of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Committee

Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme: September 1965 – September 1968

Heads of the Tibet Autonomous Region Revolutionary Committee

As was the situation elsewhere in mainland China during the Cultural Revolution, the regional government was replaced by a revolutionary committee.

Zeng Yongya (曾雍雅): September 1968 – November 1970
Ren Rong (任荣): November 1970 – August 1979

Chairmen of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Government

Sanggyai Yexe (Tian Bao): August 1979 – April 1981
Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme: April 1981 – May 1983
Dorje Tseten (/ 多杰才旦) a.k.a. Dorje Tsetsen or Duoji Caidan: May 1983 – December 1985
Doje Cering (/ 多吉才让) a.k.a. Dorje Tsering or Duoji Cairang: December 1985 – May 1990
Gyaincain Norbu: May 1990 – May 1998
Legqog: May 1998 – May 2003
Qiangba Puncog: May 2003 – January 2010
Padma Choling: January 2010 – January 2013
Losang Jamcan: January 2013 – January 2017
Che Dalha (齐扎拉): January 2017 – October 2021
Yan Jinhai: from October 2021

CCP TAR Committee Secretaries

See main article: Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Secretaries of the Chinese Communist Party Tibet Autonomous Region Committee

Zhang Guohua (张国华): January 1950 – June 1951
Fan Ming (范明): June 1951 – December 1951
Zhang Jingwu (张经武): March 1952 – August 1965
Zhang Guohua (张国华): September 1965 – February 1967
Ren Rong (任荣): August 1971 – March 1980
Yin Fatang (阴法唐): March 1980 – June 1985
Wu Jinghua (伍精華): June 1985 – December 1988
Hu Jintao (胡锦涛): December 1988 – November 1992
Chen Kuiyuan (陈奎元): November 1992 – September 2000
Guo Jinlong (郭金龙): September 2000 – December 2004
Yang Chuantang (杨传堂): December 2004 – November 2005
Zhang Qingli (张庆黎): November 2005 – August 2011
Chen Quanguo (陈全国): August 2011 – August 2016
Wu Yingjie (吴英杰): August 2016 – October 2021
Wang Junzheng (王君正): from October 2021

TAR People's Congress Standing Committee Chairmen

Chairmen of the Standing Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress

Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (/ 阿沛·阿旺晋美): 1979–1981
Yang Dongsheng (杨东生) (né / 协饶登珠) (ethnic Tibetan): 1981–1983
Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (/ 阿沛·阿旺晋美): 1983–1993
Raidi (/ 热地): 1993–2003
Legqog (/ 列确): 2003–2010
Qiangba Puncog (/ 向巴平措): 2010–2013
Padma Choling (/ 白玛赤林): 2013–2017
Losang Jamcan (/ 洛桑江村) a.k.a. Losang Gyaltsen: from 2017

CPPCC TAR Committee Chairmen

Chairmen of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Tibet Autonomous Region Committee

Tan Guansan (谭冠三)
Zhang Guohua (张国华)
Ren Rong (任荣)
Yin Fatang (阴法唐)
Yangling Dorje (杨岭多吉) (ethnic Tibetan)
Raidi (/ 热地)
Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai (/ 帕巴拉·格列朗杰), 11th Pagbalha (/ 帕巴拉活佛)

Notes and References

Web site: New Progress in Human Rights in the Tibet Autonomous Region . https://web.archive.org/web/20040430121640/http://news.xinhuanet.com/zhengfu/2002-11/18/content_633196.htm . dead . April 30, 2004 . February 1998 . Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China.