China has appointed a new governor for its autonomous and insurgency prone region of Tibet, state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday.
Qi Zhala, 58, will now replace the outgoing governor Luosang Jiangcun, who will now take over as secretary of the region’s National People’s Congress.
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Qi is considered as one of the veteran leaders in the Communist party, having served on several key posts including the region’s Communist Party vice-secretary and party chief of Lhasa city. He hails from neighboring Yunnan province, where he served on several officials posts before being transferred to Tibet in 2010.
As a governor, Qi would wield substantial power in Tibet’s day-to-day affairs, as he would be the second most powerful official in the region, after the regional Communist party chief.
