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padma choling at the 2010 national people 's congress qiangba puncog legqog gyamco losang jamcan losang jamcan qamdo , tibet , china 150px communist party of china chairman region people 's congress vice chairman of tibet autonomous region of tibet autonomous region president of tibet autonomous པད འཕ ན ལས 白玛赤林 october 1952 january 2010 january 15 , 2010 2003 padma choling.jpg padma choling
 january 2013 january 15 , 2010 padma choling politician central party school
padma choling

padma choling -lrb- ; alternatively pema thinley , pelma chiley , baima chilin ; ; born october 1952 -rrb- is a politician .
he was the eighth and chairman of the tibet autonomous region -lrb- tar -rrb- , china , but in january 2013 , was replaced by his deputy losang jamcan .
he now heads the tibet autonomous region people 's congress .
as chairman of tar , choling was the `` most senior ethnic tibetan in the regional government '' , though he was subordinate to the tar communist party chief zhang qingli , and later his successor chen quanguo .
