Doje Cering

Doje Cering
རྡོ་རྗེ་ཚེ་རིང་
Chairperson of the National People's Congress Ethnic Affairs Committee
In office March 2003 – March 2008
Preceded by	Wang Zhaowen
Succeeded by	Ma Qizhi
Minister of Civil Affairs
In office 29 March 1993 – 17 March 2003
Premier	Li Peng Zhu Rongji
Preceded by	Cui Naifu
Succeeded by	Li Xueju
Chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region
In office 1985 – May 1990
Party Secretary	Wu Jinghua Hu Jintao
Preceded by	Dorje Tseten
Succeeded by	Gyaincain Norbu
Personal details
Born	November 1939 (age 85) Xiahe County, Gansu, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	多吉才让
Traditional Chinese	多吉才讓
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Duōjícáiràng

Doje Cering (Tibetan: རྡོ་རྗེ་ཚེ་རིང་, Wylie: rdo rje tshe ring, ZYPY: Doje Cering; Chinese: 多吉才让; born November 1939) is a Chinese politician of Tibetan ethnicity who served as chairperson of the National People's Congress Ethnic Affairs Committee from 2003 to 2008, minister of Civil Affairs from 1993 to 2003, and chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region from 1985 to 1990.^[1][2]

He was a member of the 12th CCP Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. He was a member of the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress.^[1][2]

Biography

Doje Cering was born in Xiahe County, Gansu, in November 1939.^[1][2]

He entered the workforce in August 1955, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in October 1960.^[1] During the Cultural Revolution, he suffered political persecution. He was magistrate of Gyaca County, first party secretary of Shannan, and first party secretary of Shigatse. In 1983, he was promoted to become vice chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region, rising to chairman in 1985. He served as deputy minister of Civil Affairs in May 1990, and was promoted to the minister position in March 1993.^[2][3][4] In March 2003, he was proposed as chairperson of the National People's Congress Ethnic Affairs Committee.^[1]

References

1. Li Dejin (李德金) (18 October 1998). 　上为中央分忧 下为百姓解难－－访民政部部长多吉才让. peopledaily.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 February 2022.
2. 简历：全国人大常务委员会委员多吉才让. Sohu (in Chinese). 15 February 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
3. Yagebo (亚格博) (26 October 2017). 多吉才让：藏区走出来的共和国部长. tibet.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 February 2022.
4. 民政部部长多吉才让在湖北考察. sina (in Chinese). 16 May 2001. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

Government offices
Preceded by Dorje Tseten	Chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region 1985–1990	Succeeded by Gyaincain Norbu
Preceded by Cui Naifu	Minister of Civil Affairs 1993–2003	Succeeded by Li Xueju
Assembly seats
Preceded by Wang Zhaowen	Chairperson of the National People's Congress Ethnic Affairs Committee 2003–2008	Succeeded by Ma Qizhi