Qiangba Puncog

Qiangba Puncog
བྱམས་པ་ཕུན་ཚོགས 向巴平措
Qiangba Puncog at the 2010 National People's Congress
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region
In office 15 January 2010 – 2013
Preceded by	Legqog
Succeeded by	Padma Choling
Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Government
In office April 2004 – 15 January 2010
Preceded by	Legqog
Succeeded by	Padma Choling
Personal details
Born	May 1947 (1947-05) (age 77) Chamdo, Tibet
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Communist Party of China
Alma mater	Chongqing University

Qiangba Puncog (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.

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.

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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