Raidi

Raidi
Raidi
རག་སྡི་; 热地
Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
	In office; 15 March 2003 – 15 March 2008
Chairman	Wu Bangguo
Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress
	In office; January 1993 – May 2003
Preceded by	Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme
Succeeded by	Legqog
Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
	In office; May 1985 – January 1993
Preceded by	Yangling Dorje
Succeeded by	Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai
Personal details
Born	August 1938 (age 86); Biru, Tibet
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Central Party School
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	热地
Traditional Chinese	熱地
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Rèdì
Tibetan name
Tibetan	རག་སྡི་
Wylie
Transcriptions
Wylie	rag sdi
Tibetan Pinyin	Raidi

Raidi (Chinese: 热地; Tibetan: རག་སྡི་; also written Ragdi; born August 1938) is a Tibetan politician of the People's Republic of China. He served as a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 2003 to 2008, and the highest ranking Tibetan in China.

Biography

He is a native of Biru County, Tibet Autonomous Region. He is a graduate of the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in October 1961.^[1]

Tibetan Review wrote on September 3, 2019, that "China has included Re Di (also written as Raidi or Redi, but pronounced as Ragdi), one of top Tibetan collaborators with its occupation rule in Tibet, in a list of 36 nominees for its highest state honor which was announced on Aug 27."^[2]

References

^ "Tibetan collaborator among top Chinese national honor recipients | Tibetan Review". www.tibetanreview.net. 2019-09-05. Archived from the original on 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2020-03-10. Re Di, a native of Driru (Chinese: Biru) County in Nagchu (Naqu) Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) where he was born in Aug 1938, is a graduate of the Central Party School, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in October 1961.He has in the past spoken of having experienced suffering under the old Tibetan society and that the PLA taught him about revolution and led him towards the revolutionary path. Ragdi has worked in various top leadership positions in TAR during his 28 years of service there until his "election" as a Vice Chairman of the standing committee of the National People's Congress in Mar 2003.
^ "Tibetan collaborator among top Chinese national honor recipients | Tibetan Review". www.tibetanreview.net. 2019-09-05. Archived from the original on 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2020-03-10.

External links

Raidi biography @ China Vitae, the web's largest online database of China VIPs

Assembly seats
Preceded by Yangling Dorje	Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 1985–1993	Succeeded by Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai
Preceded by Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme	Chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress Standing Committee 1993–2003	Succeeded by Legqog

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[1] "Tibetan collaborator among top Chinese national honor recipients | Tibetan Review". www.tibetanreview.net. 2019-09-05. Archived from the original on 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2020-03-10. Re Di, a native of Driru (Chinese: Biru) County in Nagchu (Naqu) Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) where he was born in Aug 1938, is a graduate of the Central Party School, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in October 1961.He has in the past spoken of having experienced suffering under the old Tibetan society and that the PLA taught him about revolution and led him towards the revolutionary path. Ragdi has worked in various top leadership positions in TAR during his 28 years of service there until his "election" as a Vice Chairman of the standing committee of the National People's Congress in Mar 2003.

[2] "Tibetan collaborator among top Chinese national honor recipients | Tibetan Review". www.tibetanreview.net. 2019-09-05. Archived from the original on 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2020-03-10.

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