Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme

Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme
ང་ཕོད་ངག་དབང་འཇིགས་མེད་ 阿沛·阿旺晋美
Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office 15 March 1993 – 23 December 2009
Chairman	Li Ruihuan→Jia Qinglin
In office 9 October 1959 – 21 December 1964
Chairman	Zhou Enlai
Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress
In office February 1983 – January 1993
Preceded by	Yang Dongsheng
Succeeded by	Raidi
In office August 1979 – April 1981
Preceded by	new position
Succeeded by	Yang Dongsheng
Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region
In office 1964–1968
Preceded by	Choekyi Gyaltsen
Succeeded by	Zeng Yongya
In office 1981–1983
Preceded by	Sanggyai Yexe
Succeeded by	Doje Cedain
Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress
In office 4 January 1965 – 15 March 1993
Chairman	Zhu De→Ye Jianying→Peng Zhen→Wan Li
Delegate to the National People's Congress
In office September 1954 – December 1964
Chairman	Liu Shaoqi→Zhu De
Kalön of Tibet
In office 1950–1959 Serving with Thupten Kunkhen (until 1951), Kashopa Chogyal Nyima (1945–1949), Lhalu Tsewang Dorje (1946–1952), Dogan Penjor Rabgye (1949–1957), Khyenrab Wangchug (1951–1956), Liushar Thubten Tharpa (since 1955), Sampho Tsewang Rigzin (since 1957), and Surkhang Wangchen Gelek
Monarch	14th Dalai Lama
Governor of Domai
In office August 1950 – October 1950
Monarch	14th Dalai Lama
Preceded by	Lhalu Tsewang Dorje
Succeeded by	title abolished
Personal details
Born	(1910-02-01)February 1, 1910 Lhasa, Tibet, Qing Empire
Died	December 23, 2009(2009-12-23) (aged 99) Beijing, People's Republic of China
Spouse	Ngapoi Cedain Zhoigar
Awards	Order of Liberation (First Class Medal)
Military service
Allegiance	Tibet  People's Republic of China
Branch/service	Tibetan Army  People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Rank	Lieutenant General of the PLA
Commands	Deputy Commander, PLA Tibet Military District Kalön (minister), Kashag Commander-in-chief, Tibetan Army in Chamdo
Battles/wars	Battle of Chamdo

Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (Tibetan: ང་ཕོད་ངག་དབང་འཇིགས་མེད་, Wylie: Nga phod Ngag dbang 'jigs med^[1], ZYPY: Ngapo Ngawang Jigmê, Lhasa dialect: [ŋɑ̀pø̂ː ŋɑ̀wɑŋ t͡ɕíʔmi]; Chinese: 阿沛·阿旺晋美^[1]; pinyin: Āpèi Āwàng Jìnměi; February 1, 1910 – December 23, 2009^[2]) was a Tibetan senior official who assumed various military and political responsibilities both before and after 1951 in Tibet. He is often known simply as Ngapo in English sources.