Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme | |
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ང་ཕོད་ངག་དབང་འཇིགས་མེད་ 阿沛·阿旺晋美 | |
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Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |
In office 27 March 1993 – 23 December 2009 | |
Chairman | Li Ruihuan→Jia Qinglin |
In office 29 April 1959 – 5 January 1965 | |
Chairman | Zhou Enlai |
Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress | |
In office February 1983 – January 1993 | |
Preceded by | Yang Dongsheng |
Succeeded by | Raidi |
In office August 1979 – April 1981 | |
Preceded by | new position |
Succeeded by | Yang Dongsheng |
Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region | |
In office 1964–1968 | |
Preceded by | Choekyi Gyaltsen |
Succeeded by | Zeng Yongya |
In office 1981–1983 | |
Preceded by | Sanggyai Yexe |
Succeeded by | Doje Cedain |
Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress | |
In office 3 January 1965 – 27 March 1993 | |
Chairman | Zhu De→Ye Jianying→Peng Zhen→Wan Li |
Delegate to the National People's Congress | |
In office September 1954 – December 1964 | |
Chairman | Liu Shaoqi→Zhu De |
Kalön of Tibet | |
In office 1950–1959 Serving with Thupten Kunkhen (until 1951), Kashopa Chogyal Nyima (1945–1949), Lhalu Tsewang Dorje (1946–1952), Dogan Penjor Rabgye (1949–1957), Khyenrab Wangchug (1951–1956), Liushar Thubten Tharpa (since 1955), Sampho Tsewang Rigzin (since 1957), and Surkhang Wangchen Gelek | |
Monarch | 14th Dalai Lama |
Governor of Domai | |
In office August 1950 – October 1950 | |
Monarch | 14th Dalai Lama |
Preceded by | Lhalu Tsewang Dorje |
Succeeded by | title abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Lhasa, Tibet, Qing Empire | February 1, 1910
Died | December 23, 2009 Beijing, People's Republic of China | (aged 99)
Spouse | Ngapoi Cedain Zhoigar |
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Commands | Deputy Commander, PLA Tibet Military District Kalön (minister), Kashag Commander-in-chief, Tibetan Army in Chamdo |
Battles/wars | Battle of Chamdo |
Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (Tibetan: ང་ཕོད་ངག་དབང་འཇིགས་མེད་, Wylie: Nga phod Ngag dbang 'jigs med[1], ZYPY: Ngapo Ngawang Jigmê, Lhasa dialect: [ŋɑ̀pø̂ː ŋɑ̀wɑŋ t͡ɕíʔmi]; Chinese: 阿沛·阿旺晋美[1]; pinyin: Āpèi Āwàng Jìnměi; February 1, 1910 – December 23, 2009[2]) was a Tibetan senior official who assumed various military and political responsibilities both before and after 1951 in Tibet. He is often known simply as Ngapo in English sources.