Legqog

ལེགས་མཆོག
列确Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's CongressIn office
May 2003 – January 2010Preceded byRaidiSucceeded byQiangba PuncogChairman of Tibet Autonomous RegionIn office
May 1998 – April 2003Preceded byGyaincain NorbuSucceeded byQiangba Puncog Personal detailsBornOctober 1944 (age 79)
Gyantse, TibetPolitical partyCommunist Party of China

Legqog
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	列確
Simplified Chinese	列确
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lièquè
Tibetan name
Tibetan	ལེགས་མཆོག
Transcriptions Wylie legs mchog Tibetan Pinyin Legqog

Legqog (Tibetan: ལེགས་མཆོག, Chinese: 列确, born October 1944) is a retired Tibetan politician.

Biography

Legqog was born in Gyantse County, Tibet in October 1944. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1972.^[1]

He was the Chairman of the government of Tibet Autonomous Region of China between 1998 and 2004, when he was replaced by Qiangba Puncog. From 2003 to 2010, he was the chairman of the Autonomous Regional People's Congress of Tibet and of the Standing Committee of Tibet Autonomous Region. In 2010, Qiangba Puncog was retired of the governorship and took Legqog's chairmanship of the Standing Committee. At the same time, the new governor Padma Choling took from Legqog the Presidency of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress. At 66, Xinhua reports, the "former parliament leader...has reached retirement age".^[2]

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Political offices
Preceded by Gyaincain Norbu	Chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region 1998–2004	Succeeded by Qiangba Puncog
Preceded by Raidi	President of Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress 2003–2010	Succeeded by Qiangba Puncog