Qiangba Puncog
Chinese politician
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| Intro | Chinese politician | |||
| Places | China | |||
| is | Politician | |||
| Work field | Politics | |||
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| Birth | 14 May 1947, Chengguan, Karub, Chamdo, People's Republic of China | |||
| Age | 77 years | |||
| Star sign | Taurus | |||
| Politics: | Chinese Communist Party | |||
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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. He was most visible in public during the 2008 Tibetan unrest, receiving diplomats and journalists. Qiangba Puncog resigned as chairman on January 12, 2010, and subsequently began serving as chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
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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.