Yangling Dorje (; ; born April 1931) is a Chinese politician of

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ethnicity who served as chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC, zh, 中国人民政治协商会议), also known as the People's PCC (, ) or simply the PCC (), is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of ...

from 1983 to 1986 and vice chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1986 to 1998. He was a delegate to the

7th National People's Congress The 7th National People's Congress () was in session from 1988 to 1993. It held five sessions in this period. Election results Elected state leaders In the 1st Session in 1988, the Congress elected the state leaders: *President of the People's ...

and an alternate members of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography

Yangling Dorje was born in

Batang County Batang County (; ) is a County (People's Republic of China), county located in western Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China. Government address: Xiaqiong Town, Batang County, Ganzi, Sichuan 6 ...

Xikang Xikang (also Sikang or Hsikang) was a nominal province formed by the Republic of China in 1939 on the initiative of prominent Sichuan warlord Liu Wenhui and continued by the early People's Republic of China. Thei idea was to form a single unifi ...

, in April 1931. He entered the workforce in September 1949, and joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victoriou ...

in October of that same year. In 1957, he became an alternate member of the Central Committee of the

Communist Youth League of China The Communist Youth League of China (CYLC), also known as the Young Communist League of China or simply the Communist Youth League (CYL), is a youth movement of the People's Republic of China for youth between the ages of 14 and 28, run by the ...

. He was first party secretary of

Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, also known as Aba (; Qiang: ; ), is an autonomous prefecture of northwestern Sichuan, bordering Gansu to the north and northeast and Qinghai to the northwest. Its seat is in Barkam, and it has an ar ...

in 1975, and held that office until 1979. In December 1979, he was promoted to become deputy governor of Sichuan, a position he held until March 1981. He was appointed party secretary of

Tibet Autonomous Region The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a Provinces of China, province-level Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China in Southwest China. I ...

in December 1980, concurrently serving as vice chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region and chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the

. He became vice chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in May 1986, and served until January 1998.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yangling, Dorje 1931 births Living people Tibetan politicians People from Batang County People's Republic of China politicians from Sichuan Chinese Communist Party politicians from Sichuan Delegates to the 7th National People's Congress Alternate members of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party