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Lobsang Tenzin, 5th Samdhong Rinpoche | |
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| Prime Minister of the Central Tibetan Administration | |
| In office 5 September 2001 – 8 August 2011 | |
| Monarch | Tenzin Gyatso |
| Preceded by | Sonam Topgyal |
| Succeeded by | Lobsang Sangay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 November 1939 Jol, Tibet |
| Alma mater | Drepung Monastery |
Lobsang Tenzin, better known by the titles Professor Venerable Samdhong Rinpoche (zam gdong rin po che) and to Tibetans as the 5th Samdhong Rinpoche (born 5 November 1937), is a Tibetan Buddhist monk and politician who served as the Prime Minister (then officially called the Kalon Tripa or chairman) of the cabinet of the Central Tibetan Administration, the Tibetan government-in-exile based in Dharamshala, India.