Chairman of Tibet

Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Government
西藏自治区人民政府主席
National Emblem of China
Flag of China
Incumbent Garma Cedain since 28 November 2024
People's Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region
Type	Head of government
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Reports to	Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress and its Standing Committee
Nominator	Presidium of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress
Appointer	Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress
Term length	Five years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme
Formation	September 1965
Deputy	Deputy Chairperson Secretary-General

The Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Government is the head of the Tibet Autonomous Region and leader of the People's Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region.

The chairperson is elected by the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The chairperson is a provincial level official and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the regional government. The chairperson is assisted by an executive vice chairperson as well as several vice chairpersons. The chairperson generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The chairperson is the second-highest ranking official in the autonomous region after the secretary of the CCP Tibet Committee. The government chairman is always a Tibetan.^[1] The current chairperson is Garma Cedain, who took office on 28 November 2024.