Lobsang Tubten Jigme Gyatso
བློ་བཟང་ཐུབ་བསྟན་འཇིགས་མེད་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
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8th Arjia Rinpoche in 2011 on Voice of America
Agya Hotogtu
Incumbent
Assumed office
1950
Preceded byLobsang Lundak Jigme Tanbe Gyaltsen
Member of the 7th, 8th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office
April 1988 – March 1998
fled abroad in February 1998
ChairmanLi Xiannian→Li Ruihuan
Member of the Standing Committee of the 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office
fled abroad before taking office in March 1998
ChairmanLi Ruihuan
Personal details
Born1950 (age 71–72)
Haiyan County, Qinghai, China
Residence(s)Bloomington, Indiana