Ngapoi Ngawang Jigmê
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Tibetan script :
ང་ ཕོད་ ངག་ དབང་ འཇིགས་ མེད །
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Wylie transliteration : nga phod ngag dbang 'jigs med
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Official transcription of the PRCh : Ngapoi Ngawang Jigmê
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THDL transcription : Ngapö Ngawang Jikmé
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Other spellings: Ngabo Ngawang Jigme, Ngapo Ngawang Jigme
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Simplified :
阿沛 · 阿旺 晋 美
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Pinyin : Āpèi Āwàngjìnměi
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Ngapoi Ngawang Jigmê (born February 1, 1910 in Lhasa , Tibet , † December 23, 2009 in Beijing ) was a Tibetan politician in the People's Republic of China and a member of the Tibetan civil administration.
Life
Ngapoi Ngawang Jigmê, who comes from a Tibetan aristocratic family, was sent to Qamdo by the newly enthroned 14th Dalai Lama as governor and commander-in-chief of the Tibetan armed forces in eastern Tibet on the eve of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (VBA) invasion of West Kham , west of what was then Xikang . When the city of Qamdo was surrounded by the Chinese troops immediately afterwards , he avoided bloodshed by the early surrender .
As a senior official of the Tibetan delegation sent to Beijing to negotiate, which halted the temporary advance of the PLA, he and the members of his delegation signed the so-called 17-point agreement between the Lhasa government and the state leadership in Beijing. Since this agreement meant the Lhasa government gave up its claim to sovereignty in exchange for guarantees of autonomy and religious freedom, Jigmê is sometimes portrayed as a "traitor" in Tibetan exile.
His career continued in the political leadership of the Tibet Autonomous Region and at the national level. In 1955 he was appointed lieutenant general of the VBA . Among other functions, he held the post of Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of the PRC for many years .
Jigmê was appointed President of the Association for the Protection and Development of Tibetan Culture on June 21, 2004. He died in 2009 at the age of 99.
Works
- The significant turning point in the historical development of Tibet. On the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Agreement on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet . New Star: Beijing, 1991. ISBN 7-80085-467-1 .
- Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme on Tibetan Issues . New Star: Beijing, 1991. ISBN 7-80085-572-4 .
literature
- Lābā Píngcuò 拉巴 平措: Āpèi Āwàngjìnměi《阿沛 • 阿旺 晋 美》. Beijing: Zhōngguó Zàngxué chūbǎnshè 中国 藏 学 出版社, 2005.
- Lābā Píngcuò 拉巴 平措 (ed.): Jiànzhèng Xīzàng - Xīzàng Zìzhìqū zhèngfǔ lìrèn xiànrèn zhǔxí zìshù《见证 西藏 —— 西藏自治区 政府 历任 现任 主席 自述》. Beijing: Zhōngguó Zàngxué chūbǎnshè 中国 藏 学 出版社, 2005.
- Wūlánfū , Lǐ Weihan, APEI Āwàngjìnměi, Banchan É'ěrdéní Quèjí Jiānzàn zài shǒudū Longzhong Qingzhu Heping Jiefang Xizang Xieyi qiāndìng sanshi zhōunián Dahui shàng de jiǎnghuà "乌兰夫,李维汉,阿沛•阿旺晋美,班禅额尔德尼•却吉坚赞 在 首都 隆重 庆祝 和平 解放 西藏 协议 签定 三十 周年 大会 上 上 的 讲话》. Beijing, Mínzú chūbǎnshè 民族 出版社, 1981.
- Tsering Shakya : The Dragon in the Land of Snows. A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947. Pimlico Publishing, London 1999, ISBN 978-0-7126-6533-9
- Melvyn Goldstein : A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 2: The Calm Before the Storm: 1951–1955. University of California Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-520-24941-7
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| SURNAME | Ngapoi Ngawang Jigmê |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | nga phod ngag dbang 'jigs med |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tibetan politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lhasa , Tibet |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 2009 |
| Place of death | Beijing |