Losang Jamcan | |
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བློ་བཟང་རྒྱལ་མཚན 洛桑江村 |
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Chairman of the People's Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region | |
Assumed office 15 January 2017 |
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Preceded by | Padma Choling |
Chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region | |
In office 29 January 2013 – 15 January 2017 |
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Preceded by | Padma Choling |
Succeeded by | Che Dalha |
Personal details | |
Born | July 1957 (age 59) Zhag'yab County, Tibet |
Political party | Communist Party of China |
Alma mater |
Tibet University for Nationalities Central Party School |
Losang Jamcan, also spelled Losang Gyaltsen (Tibetan: བློ་བཟང་རྒྱལ་མཚན, Wylie: blo-bzang rgyal-mtshan, Lhasa dialect IPA: lósɑ̀ŋ cɛ̀ːt͡sɛ̃́; Chinese: 洛桑江村; pinyin: Luòsāng Jiāngcūn; born July 1957), is an ethnic Tibetan politician of the People's Republic of China. He is the President of Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress Standing Committee, and former Chairman (governor) of Tibet Autonomous Region and Mayor of Tibetan capital Lhasa.
Losang Jamcan was born in Zhag'yab County, Chamdo Prefecture in eastern Tibet. From December 1971 to February 1976 he attended Tibet University for Nationalities in Xianyang, Shaanxi province, studying Literature. After graduating he worked at the university for 10 years as an instructor and an official of the school Communist Youth League.