Gyaincain Norbu (politician)
Gyaincain Norbu (Tibetan: རྒྱལ་མཚན་ནོར་བུ་; born June 1932) is a Tibetan politician. He was Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region[1] from 1990 to 1998. He was succeeded by Legqog.
Gyaincain Norbu | |
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| རྒྱལ་མཚན་ནོར་བུ་ 江村罗布 | |
| Chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region | |
| In office 1990–1998 | |
| Preceded by | Doje Cering |
| Succeeded by | Legqog |
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| Born | June 1932 (age 91) Batang County, Republic of China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Alma mater | China University of Political Science and Law |
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| Traditional Chinese | 江村羅布 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 江村罗布 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | རྒྱལ་མཚན་ནོར་བུ་ | ||||||
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In November 1995, Gyaincain Norbu presided at a ceremony organised by the Chinese government to select its approved claimant to title of 11th Panchen Lama from a list of finalists by using the Golden Urn. The boy selected at this ceremony was also named Gyaincain Norbu, which is a fairly common Tibetan name. The boy is of no relation to Chairman Gyaincain Norbu.
References
- Kristof, Nicholas F. (22 September 1990). "Tibet After Martial Law: Whispers of Protest". New York Times. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
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