Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai

February, 1940

Litang

As a Tibetan tulku (incarnate lama), he is notable for his willingness to work in the Chinese government, except during the Cultural Revolution. Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai was born in February 1940 in Litang County, in present-day Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province. Following the Battle of Qamdo in 1950, Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai was appointed Vice Chairman of the Qamdo Liberation Committee at the age of 10. He also served as Chairman of the Religious Affairs Committee from 1956 to 1965, and visited Beijing several times, together with the 10th Panchen Lama. In 1959, he became a Vice Chairman of the Chinese People"s Political Consultative Conference (3rd CPPCC). As a Tibetan tulku, he is notable for his willingness to work in the Chinese government since boyhood, except during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), when he was sent to perform manual labour. After the end of the Cultural Revolution, he resumed his position as Vice Chairman of the CPPCC, and was most recently re-elected in 2013 to the position in the 12th CPPCC. From 1993 to 2003 he also concurrently held the post of Vice Chairman of the National People"s Congress. Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai had an elder brother named Kamqoin Soinam Gyamco. According to Chinese sources, he was killed by the rebels during the March 1959 Tibetan uprising, in front of Lhasa"s Norbulingka.

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帕巴拉格列朗杰

Vice Chairman

Career

As a Tibetan tulku (incarnate lama), he is notable for his willingness to work in the Chinese government, except during the Cultural Revolution. Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai was born in February 1940 in Litang County, in present-day Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province. Following the Battle of Qamdo in 1950, Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai was appointed Vice Chairman of the Qamdo Liberation Committee at the age of 10.

He also served as Chairman of the Religious Affairs Committee from 1956 to 1965, and visited Beijing several times, together with the 10th Panchen Lama.

In 1959, he became a Vice Chairman of the Chinese People"s Political Consultative Conference (3rd CPPCC). As a Tibetan tulku, he is notable for his willingness to work in the Chinese government since boyhood, except during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), when he was sent to perform manual labour.

After the end of the Cultural Revolution, he resumed his position as Vice Chairman of the CPPCC, and was most recently re-elected in 2013 to the position in the 12th CPPCC. From 1993 to 2003 he also concurrently held the post of Vice Chairman of the National People"s Congress. Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai had an elder brother named Kamqoin Soinam Gyamco.

According to Chinese sources, he was killed by the rebels during the March 1959 Tibetan uprising, in front of Lhasa"s Norbulingka.

Membership

He is a member of the Qangdin Monastery in Qamdo, Tibet. In 1956 he became a member of the Tibet Autonomous Region Preparatory Committee, and appointed its Vice Chairman in 1960.

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