Che Dalha
Che Dalha | |||||||||||
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ཆེ་དགྲ་ལྷ Tề trát kéo | |||||||||||
ChairmanofTibet Autonomous Region | |||||||||||
In office 15 January 2017 – 8 October 2021 | |||||||||||
Preceded by | Losang Jamcan | ||||||||||
Succeeded by | Yan Jinhai | ||||||||||
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Born | August 1958 (age 66) Zhongdian County,Yunnan,China | ||||||||||
Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||||||
Alma mater | Yunnan Nationalities University Central Party School | ||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | Tề trát kéo | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | Tề trát kéo | ||||||||||
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Tibetan | ཆེ་དགྲ་ལྷ | ||||||||||
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Che Dalha(Tibetan:ཆེ་དགྲ་ལྷ,Lhasa dialect:[t͡ɕʰéʈàl̥a];born August 1958), also romanized asChe ZalaandQizhala(Chinese:Tề trát kéo;pinyin:Qízhālā), is a Chinese politician ofTibetanethnicity who served as Chairman (Governor) ofTibet Autonomous Regionbetween January 2017 and October 2021. Originally fromYunnanprovince, he served asCommunist Party Secretaryof the Tibetan capitalLhasabetween 2012 and 2017.[1]Since October 2017, he is the member of theCentral Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
Career
[edit]Che Dalha was born inZhongdian County,Yunnan(later renamed Shangri-La). He left school at age 10 to herd animals in his home village.[2]He completed primary school and high school by teaching himself.[2]In 1979, he participated in the civil service examinations of Zhongdian County with good results, and was given a minor post in theCommunist Youth Leagueas a rural functionary. In 1983, the 25-year-old Che Dalha became the Communist Youth League Secretary of Zhongdian County. He would progressively ascend the ranks of the Communist Party hierarchy, serving as theDeputy Party Secretary,then Party Secretary of Zhongdian County.[1]
Between 1994 and 2001, Che Dalha was instrumental in bringing the "Shangri-la" brand to life in Zhongdian County, making the area a major tourist destination. In 2001, the year he was promoted to Governor of theDêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,Zhongdian County was officially renamed Shangri-La by directive of the State Council.[2]In 1996 he attended toYunnan Nationalities University,and graduated in 1998 with a degree in economic management specializing in ethnic minority affairs; he also has a bachelor's degree from theCentral Party Schoolin political and legal affairs. In Dêqên, Che Dalha was credited with making the region the "best Tibetan region in China" as documented by Chinese official sources. He was elected aprovincial party standing committeemember in Yunnan province in 2010, ascending to sub-provincial ranks.[1]
In September 2010, Che Dalha was appointed as the Head of theUnited Front Work DepartmentinTibet Autonomous Region,and he was elected as the Vice Chairman of the Tibet People's Political Consultative Conference in 2011. In 2012, he was appointed as the Party Secretary of Tibetan capitalLhasa;the move was welcomed by some Lhasa residents because Che Dalha had replaced a Han Chinese,Qin Yizhi,in the post.[1][3]In his capacity as party chief of Lhasa, he visited Chicago and met with U.S. SenatorMark Kirk.His tenure in Lhasa was largely defined by the modernization of the cityscape.[4]
On 15 January 2017, Che Dalha was appointed Chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region, succeedingLosang Jamcan.He was the ninth ethnic Tibetan to assume the post after the conclusion of the Cultural Revolution, and the first chairman from Yunnan province. He was additionally the first chairman of the region to have not been born in the Tibet Autonomous Region in some twenty years.[1]
On 23 October 2021, he was appointed vice chairperson of theNational People's Congress Ethnic Affairs Committee.[5]
References
[edit]- ^abcdeLạc Tang giang thôn được tuyển Tây Tạng khu tự trị người đại thường ủy sẽ chủ nhiệm tề trát kéo được tuyển Tây Tạng khu tự trị chủ tịch.Xinhua News Agency(in Chinese).Retrieved2017-01-15.
- ^abcĐộ cao so với mặt biển tối cao tỉnh đổi phó lãnh đạo đến tột cùng đặc biệt ở nơi nào?.Sohu.January 16, 2017.
- ^Tshering Chonzom Bhutia (January 19, 2017)."Does Tibet's New Governor Signal Change?".
- ^"CHICAGO, April 22, 2016-- Qizhala, third left".Getty Images.April 22, 2016.
- ^Lưu gia nghĩa nhậm thứ mười ba giới cả nước người đại kinh tế tài chính ủy ban phó chủ nhiệm ủy viên.thepaper(in Chinese). 23 October 2021.Retrieved28 October2021.
- Living people
- 1958 births
- Chinese Communist Party politicians from Yunnan
- People's Republic of China politicians from Yunnan
- Political office-holders in Tibet
- Political office-holders in Yunnan
- Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Delegates to the 10th National People's Congress