Garma Cedain (; ; born December 1967), also spelled Gama Zeden, is a Chinese politician of Tibetan ethnicity who is a current vice chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the

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, in office since January 2022. He is an alternate of the

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Biography

Garma Cedain was born in

Jomda County Jomda County (; zh, s=江达县) is a county of the Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Administrative divisions Jomda is divided in 2 towns and 11 townships. Transport * China National Highway 317 See also *Bangg ...

Tibet Autonomous Region The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), often shortened to Tibet in English or Xizang in Pinyin, Hanyu Pinyin, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China. It was established in 1965 to replace the ...

, in December 1967. In 1986, he entered the

Minzu University of China The Minzu University of China (MUC) is a national public university in Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the National Ethnic Affairs Commission of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construc ...

, where he majored in ethnic theories and policies. After graduating in July 1990, he was despatched as an official to the CCP Naqu Prefectural Committee. He joined the

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(CCP) in May 1992. He was

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Nyima County Nyima County (; zh, s=尼玛县) is the westernmost Counties of the People's Republic of China, county-level division under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Nagqu, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The northern part of the count ...

in July 1995, in addition to serving as magistrate since October 2017. After a short term as deputy party secretary and magistrate of Naqu County (now Seni District) from April 2001 to October 2002, he was appointed secretary-general of the Naqu Prefectural People's Government. He became vice governor of Naqu Prefecture July 2015. He was appointed executive vice governor of Naqu Prefecture in January 2008 and was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Naqu Prefectural Committee, the prefecture's top authority. He was made executive deputy secretary of Naqu Prefecture in December 2011, concurrently serving as secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission and secretary of the Public Security Department. He was deputy secretary-general of Tibet Autonomous Regional People's Government in October 2012 and subsequently executive deputy director and deputy party branch secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Tourism Development Commission in June 2015. In May 2017, he became deputy party branch secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Civil Affairs, rising to party branch secretary the next year. In October 2020, he took office as director of the Department of Science, Technology and Education of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, but having held the position for only a year. In October 2021, he was transferred back to Tibet Autonomous Region and was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee, the region's top authority. In December 2021, he was chosen as head of the

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of the CCP Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee, concurrently serving as vice chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the

since January 2022. On 28 October 2024, Garma Cedain was appointed party branch secretary of Tibet Autonomous Region, succeeding Yan Jinhai.

References

{{Authority control 1967 births Living people People from Jomda County Minzu University of China alumni Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party alumni Sichuan University alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Tibet Chinese Communist Party politicians from Tibet Alternates of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party