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{{Short description|Chinese politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Qiangba Puncog
| native_name         = {{bo-textonly|བྱམས་པ་ཕུན་ཚོགས}}<br />{{nobold|向巴平措}}
| image               = Qiangba Puncong.jpg
| imagesize           = 150px
| caption             = Qiangba Puncog at the<br />[[2010 National People's Congress]]
| order               = 
| office              = [[Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress|Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress]]
| term_start          = 14 March 2013
| term_end            = 17 March 2018
| 1blankname          = Chairman
| 1namedata           = [[Zhang Dejiang]]
| office1             = Chairman of the [[Standing Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress]]
| term_start1         = 15 January 2010
| term_end1           = 29 January 2013
| predecessor1        = [[Legqog]]
| successor1          = [[Padma Choling]]
| order2              = 
| office2             = [[Chairman of Tibet]]
| term_start2         = 16 March 2003
| term_end2           = 15 January 2010
| predecessor2        = Legqog
| successor2          = Padma Choling
| 1blankname2         = Party Secretary
| 1namedata2          = [[Guo Jinlong]]<br>[[Yang Chuantang]]<br>[[Zhang Qingli]]
| birth_date          = {{Birth-date and age|May 1947}}
| birth_place         = [[Chamdo]], [[Tibet (1912–1951)|Tibet]]
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| nationality         = [[Nationality law of the People's Republic of China|Chinese]]
| party               = [[Chinese Communist Party]]
| spouse              = 
| children            = 
| residence           = 
| alma_mater          = [[Chongqing University]]
| religion            = 
| footnotes           = 
}}

'''Qiangba Puncog''', also spelled '''Champa Phuntsok''' ({{bo |t = བྱམས་པ་ཕུན་ཚོགས་ |w = byams pa phun tshogs}}; {{zh|c=向巴平措 |p = Xiàngbā Píngcuò}}; born in May 1947) was the [[Chairman of Tibet|chairman]] of the government of [[Tibet Autonomous Region]] of [[China]] from 2003 until January 2010. He is of [[Tibetan people|Tibetan]] ethnicity.<ref name="WhosWhoInChinaLeadership-QiangbaPuncog">{{cite web
  |title = Who's Who in China's Leadership: Qiangba Puncog
  |publisher = China Internet Information Center (www.china.org.cn)
  |url = http://www.china.org.cn/english/MATERIAL/56213.htm
  |access-date = 2010-02-04}}</ref><ref name="ChinaDailyQiangbaPuncog">{{cite news
  |title = Qiangba Puncog's statement at press conference
  |newspaper = [[China Daily]]
  |date = 10 April 2008
  |url = http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-04/10/content_6606879.htm
  |access-date = 2010-02-04}}</ref> He was most visible in public during the [[2008 Tibetan unrest]], receiving diplomats and journalists.<ref name="WhosWhoInChinaLeadership-QiangbaPuncog"/> Qiangba Puncog resigned as chairman on January 12, 2010,<ref>[http://tibet.ca/en/newsroom/wtn/8316 Canada Tibet Committee | Newsroom | WTN]</ref> and subsequently began serving as chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region.{{cn|date=June 2024}}

== Biography ==
Qiangba Puncog was born in [[Chamdo]], [[Tibet (1912–1951)|Tibet]] in May 1947. He graduated from [[Chongqing University]], and he joined in the [[Chinese Communist Party]] in 1974.<ref name="WhosWhoInChinaLeadership-QiangbaPuncog" />

== References ==
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|before = [[Legqog]]
|title = Chairman of the Standing Committee of the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]] [[Politics of China#Local government|People's Congress]]
|years = 2010–2013
|after = [[Padma Choling]]
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|title = [[Chairman of Tibet]]
|years = 2003–2010
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[[Category:1947 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Council of Chairpersons of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress]]
[[Category:Chinese Communist Party politicians from Tibet]]
[[Category:Delegates to the 8th National People's Congress]]
[[Category:Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress]]
[[Category:People from Chamdo]]
[[Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Tibet]]
[[Category:Political office-holders in Tibet]]
[[Category:Tibetan politicians]]
[[Category:Standing members of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party]]