Gyaincain Norbu (Tibetan: རྒྱལ་མཚན་ནོར་བུ་; born June 1932) is a Tibetan politician in the People's Republic of China. He was chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region from 1990 to 1998.[1] He was succeeded by Legqog.
Biography
In 1939, he studied at Batang Elementary School, and in 1945 at the Batang Normal School. In June 1950, he joined the People's Liberation Army as a member of the task force of the 18th Army Advance Detachment to Tibet.[2] In 1956, he joined the CCP and became the head of Batang County, deputy secretary of the Zhadong Special Committee of the CPC, secretary of the Shigatse Prefectural Committee, and president of the Higher People's Court of the Tibet Autonomous Region.[3]