Norbu Dondrup (; ; born December 1960) is an ethnic

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politician of China. He is the Executive Vice Chairman of

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and a member of the Standing Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region Committee of the

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(CCP).

Biography

Norbu Dondrup was born in

Qonggyai County Qonggyai County or Chongye (, zh, s=琼结县) is a county under jurisdiction of Shannan, Tibet, Shannan in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. History Qonggyai contains the Valley of the Kings (Tibet), Valley of the Kings, a series of graveyar ...

, China in December 1960. Both his parents and grandparents were serfs and slaves. In September 1975, at age 14, he entered the Central Political and Legal Cadre School (now People's Public Security University of China), where he graduated in August 1978. After university, he joined the Shannan Public Security Bureau, where he was promoted to become its chief in September 1995. In July 1998, he was transferred to

Lhasa Lhasa, officially the Chengguan District of Lhasa City, is the inner urban district of Lhasa (city), Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region, Southwestern China. Lhasa is the second most populous urban area on the Tibetan Plateau after Xining ...

and appointed police chief and a member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Lhasa Committee. He was

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of Lhasa in July 2001, and held that office until September 2006. In December 2002, at the age of 41, he became Mayor of Lhasa, and served until September 2006. He served as Executive Vice Chairman of Higher People's Court of Tibet Autonomous Region in September 2006, and four months later promoted to the chairman position. In November 2011 he was transferred to

Chamdo Chamdo, officially Qamdo () and also known in Chinese as Changdu (), is a prefecture-level city in the eastern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Its seat is the town of Chengguan in Karuo District. Chamdo is Tibet's third largest c ...

and appointed CCP committee secretary, a position he held until April 2017. In December 2016 he was promoted to Executive Vice Chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region. He was a delegate to the

10th National People's Congress The 10th National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 2003 to 2008. It held five plenary sessions in this period. There were 2,984 deputies to this Congress. It succeeded the 9th National People's Congress The 9th National People's C ...

and a delegate to the

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. He is an alternate member of the

19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was elected by the 19th National Congress in 2017, and sat until the next National Congress was convened in 2022. It formally succeeded the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Commun ...

References

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