Qiangba Puncog resigns from regional government chariman of Tibet and is elected chairman of the Standing Committee of the Regional People's Congress, replacing former parliament leader Legqog who, at 66, has reached retirement age, at the Third Session of the 9th Tibetan Regional People's Congress, photo from Xinhua.
Qiangba Puncog (R), newly-elected chairman of the Standing Committee of the Regional People's Congress exchanges hada scarves with Legqog who has reached his retirement age, at the Third Session of the 9th Tibetan Regional People's Congress, photo from Xinhua, January 15.
The session of the People's Congress of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region endorsed on January 15 the resignations of the regional government chairman Qiangba Puncog and parliament leader Legqog.
Padma Choling, formerly vice-chairman of the regional government replaces Qiangba Puncog as head of the regional government, the eighth person to take up the post since the Tibet Autonomous Region was founded in 1965.
After resigning from the regional government chairman, Qiangba Puncog was elected chairman of the Standing Committee of the Regional People's Congress, replacing former parliament leader Legqog who, at 66, has reached retirement age.
