| Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party | |
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| 中国共产党西藏自治区委员会书记 | |
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| Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party | |
| Type | Party Committee Secretary |
| Status | Provincial and ministerial-level official |
| Member of | Tibet Autonomous Regional Standing Committee |
| Nominator | Central Committee |
| Appointer | Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee Central Committee |
| Inaugural holder | Wang Zhen |
| Formation | 24 January 1950 |
| Deputy | Deputy Secretary Secretary-General |
The secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As the CCP is the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the secretary is the highest ranking post in the Tibet Autonomous Region.
The secretary is officially appointed by the CCP Central Committee based on the recommendation of the CCP Organization Department, which is then approved by the Politburo and its Standing Committee. The secretary can be also appointed by a plenary meeting of the Tibet Regional Committee, but the candidate must be the same as the one approved by the central government. The secretary leads the Standing Committee of the Tibet Regional Committee, and is usually a member of the CCP Central Committee. The secretary leads the work of the Regional Committee and its Standing Committee. The secretary is outranks the chairman, who is generally the deputy secretary of the committee and is customarily an ethnic Tibetan. The secretary is always an ethnic Han.[1]
The current secretary is Wang Junzheng, who took office on 18 October 2021.
- ^ "Decoding Chinese Politics". Asia Society. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.