Padma Choling Politician

Padma Choling (Tibetan: པདྨ་འཕྲིན་ལས་།; alternatively Pema Thinley, Pelma Chiley, Baima Chilin; Chinese: 白玛赤林; pinyin: Báimă Chìlín; born October 1952) was the eighth and Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), China. In January 2013 he was replaced by his deputy Losang Jamcan. He now heads the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress. As Chairman of TAR, Choling was the "most senior ethnic Tibetan in the regional government", though he was subordinate to the TAR Communist Party Chief Zhang Qingli, and later his successor Chen Quanguo.

Personal facts

Padma Choling
Alias (AKA)白玛赤林 (Chinese)
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1952
Birth place
China , Tibet Autonomous Region , Chamdo Prefecture
Education
Central Party School of the Communist Party of China

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Office holder

office
Chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region
Vice Chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region
President of Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress
party
Communist Party of China
successor
Losang Jamcan

Topical connections

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