Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama

Lobsang Trinley Lhündrub Chökyi Gyaltsen ཆོས་ཀྱི་རྒྱལ་མཚན
The 10th Panchen Lama
The Panchen Lama c. 1955
10th Panchen Lama
Reign	3 June 1949 – 28 January 1989
Predecessor	Thubten Choekyi Nyima
Successor	11th Panchen Lama: Gedhun Choekyi Nyima (Selected by the 14th Dalai Lama) Gyaincain Norbu (Selected by the Chinese leadership)
Director of the Preparatory Committee for the Tibet Autonomous Region (acting)
In office	1959 – 1964
Predecessor	14th Dalai Lama
Successor	Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (acting)
2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress
In office	15 September 1954 – 18 April 1959
In office	10 September 1980 – 28 January 1989
2nd, 3rd, 5th Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office	15 September 1954 – 21 December 1964
In office	February 1979 – 6 June 1983
Born	Gönbo Cêdän (1938-02-19)19 February 1938 Bido, Xunhua County, Qinghai, Republic of China, known as Amdo
Died	28 January 1989(1989-01-28) (aged 50) Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, known as Ü-Tsang
Burial	Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, Shigatse
Spouse	Li Jie
Issue	Yabshi Pan Rinzinwangmo
Father	Gonpo Tseten
Mother	Sonam Drolma
Religion	Tibetan Buddhism
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Lobsang Trinley Lhündrub Chökyi Gyaltsen (born Gönbo Cêdän; 19 February 1938 – 28 January 1989) was the tenth Panchen Lama, officially the 10th Panchen Erdeni (Chinese: 第十世班禅额尔德尼; lit. 'Number-10-lifetime Great Scholar the Treasure'), of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. According to Tibetan Buddhism, Panchen Lamas are living emanations of the buddha Amitabha. He was often referred to simply as Choekyi Gyaltsen.