Lodi Gyari Rinpoche facts for kids

Lodi Gyari after the 9th round of dialogue with China, in 2010

Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari (25 August 1949 – 29 October 2018) was a Tibetan diplomat. He was the special envoy to the 14th Dalai Lama in the United States. He was the Tibetan Ambassador to the United States at the time of his death. He was born in Lhasa, Tibet. Rinpoche co-founded the Tibetan Youth Congress. He became and the Executive Chairman of the Board of the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT).

Rinpoche died in a San Francisco, California hospital from liver cancer on October 29, 2018, aged 69.

Images for kids

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  The Dalai Lama arriving at Zurich Airport in October 1973. Gyari Rinpoche is left rear.

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  Gyari Rinpoche in 1973 while escorting the 14th Dalai Lama to the Netherlands

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  Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet on 16 April 1991 with President George H.W. Bush, Lodi Gyari and Tenzing N. Tethong

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  The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, Tenzin Gyatso with Lodi Gyari, Al Gore and Bill Clinton in the Office of the Vice President, Washington, D. C. on 27 April 1993