Legqog | |
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ལེགས་མཆོག 列确 | |
Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress | |
In office May 2003 – January 2010 | |
Preceded by | Raidi |
Succeeded by | Qiangba Puncog |
Chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region | |
In office May 1998 – April 2003 | |
Preceded by | Gyaincain Norbu |
Succeeded by | Qiangba Puncog |
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Born | October 1944 (age 79) Gyantse, Tibet |
Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
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Traditional Chinese | 列確 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 列确 | ||||||
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Tibetan | ལེགས་མཆོག | ||||||
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Legqog (Tibetan: ལེགས་མཆོག, Chinese: 列确, born October 1944) is a retired Tibetan politician.
Legqog was born in Gyantse County, Tibet in October 1944. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1972.[1]
He was the Chairman of the government of Tibet Autonomous Region of China between 1998 and 2004, when he was replaced by Qiangba Puncog. From 2003 to 2010, he was the chairman of the Autonomous Regional People's Congress of Tibet and of the Standing Committee of Tibet Autonomous Region. In 2010, Qiangba Puncog was retired of the governorship and took Legqog's chairmanship of the Standing Committee. At the same time, the new governor Padma Choling took from Legqog the Presidency of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress. At 66, Xinhua News Agency reported, the "former parliament leader...has reached retirement age".[2]
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