Qiangba Puncog

向巴平措Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's CongressIn office
14 March 2013 – 17 March 2018ChairmanZhang DejiangChairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's CongressIn office
15 January 2010 – 29 January 2013Preceded byLegqogSucceeded byPadma CholingChairman of the Tibet Autonomous RegionIn office
16 March 2003 – 15 January 2010Party SecretaryGuo Jinlong
Yang Chuantang
Zhang QingliPreceded byLegqogSucceeded byPadma Choling Personal detailsBornMay 1947 (1947-05) (age 77)
Chamdo, TibetNationalityChinesePolitical partyCommunist Party of ChinaAlma 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.

Biography

Qiangba Puncog was born in Chamdo, Tibet in May 1947. He graduated from Chongqing University, and he joined in the Communist Party of China in 1974.^[1]

References

Assembly seats
Preceded by Legqog	Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress 2010–2013	Succeeded by Padma Choling
Government offices
Preceded by Legqog	Chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region People's Government 2003–2010	Succeeded by Padma Choling