9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu

Jampal Namdröl Chökyi Gyaltsen
The 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu
His Holiness the 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu (Bogd Khan)
Preceded by	Bogd Khan
Succeeded by	10th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu
Personal details
Born	6 January 1933 Lhasa, Tibet
Died	1 March 2012(2012-03-01) (aged 79) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Occupation	Spiritual head of Mongolia

The 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu (January 6, 1933 – March 1, 2012) was the 9th reincarnation of the Jebtsundamba Khutuktu, the third highest lama in the Tibetan Buddhism hierarchy and the spiritual leader of the Gelug lineage among the Khalkha Mongols.^{[citation needed]} Although recognized as the reincarnation of the Bogd Khan in 1936, his identity was kept a secret by the Dalai Lama until 1990, due to the persecution of the Buddhist religion by the Communist Mongolian People's Republic, and he did not reside in Mongolia until the final year of his life.