Qiangba Puncog, also spelled Champa Phuntsok (; ; born in May 1947) was the chairman of the government of

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from 2003 until January 2010. He is of

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ethnicity. He was most visible in public during the

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, receiving diplomats and journalists. Qiangba Puncog resigned as chairman on January 12, 2010,Canada Tibet Committee , Newsroom , WTN
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Biography

Qiangba Puncog was born in

Chamdo Chamdo, officially Qamdo () and also known in Chinese as Changdu, is a prefecture-level city in the eastern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Its seat is the town of Chengguan in Karuo District. Chamdo is Tibet's third largest city ...

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in May 1947. He graduated from

Chongqing University Chongqing University (CQU; , colloquially abbreviated as ChóngDà) is a public research university located in Chongqing, China. It is a National Key University directly funded by the central government of China as part of the Double First Class ...

, and he joined in the

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in 1974.

References

1947 births Living people Chairperson and vice chairpersons of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress Chinese Communist Party politicians from Tibet Delegates to the 8th National People's Congress Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress People from Chamdo People's Republic of China politicians from Tibet Political office-holders in Tibet Tibetan politicians {{Tibet-bio-stub