Qiangba Puncog

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.^[1][2] He was most visible in public during the 2008 Tibetan unrest, receiving diplomats and journalists.^[1] Qiangba Puncog resigned as chairman on January 12, 2010,^[3] and subsequently began serving as chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region.^{[citation needed]}

Qiangba Puncog
བྱམས་པ་ཕུན་ཚོགས 向巴平措
Qiangba Puncog at the 2010 National People's Congress
Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office 14 March 2013 – 17 March 2018
Chairman	Zhang Dejiang
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress
In office 15 January 2010 – 29 January 2013
Preceded by	Legqog
Succeeded by	Padma Choling
Chairman of Tibet
In office 16 March 2003 – 15 January 2010
Party Secretary	Guo Jinlong Yang Chuantang Zhang Qingli
Preceded by	Legqog
Succeeded by	Padma Choling
Personal details
Born	May 1947 (1947-05) (age 78) Chamdo, Tibet
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Chongqing University

Biography

Qiangba Puncog was born in Chamdo, Tibet in May 1947. He graduated from Chongqing University, and he joined in the Chinese Communist Party in 1974.^[1]