What is Lodi Gyari Rinpoche?
[[File:Lodi Gyari Rinpoche.jpg|thumbnail|Lodi Gyari after the 9th round of dialogue with China, in 2010]] '''Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari''' (25 August 1949<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fredericknewspost.com/public/ap/lodi-gyari-dalai-lama-s-emissary-and-a-tireless-advocate/article_06af579c-83a7-50c1-b515-7fa2f31e5893.html|title=Lodi Gyari, Dalai Lama's emissary and a tireless advocate for Tibet, dies at 69|first=Matt Schudel The Washington|last=Post|website=The Frederick News-Post}}</ref> &ndash; 29 October 2018) was a [[Tibet]]an 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tibetanjournal.com/former-special-envoy-dalai-lama-lodi-gyari-passes-away/ |title=Former Special Envoy to Dalai Lama, Lodi Gyari Passes Away |date=2018-10-29 |website=www.tibetanjournal.com |language=en-US |access-date=2018-10-29}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rinpoche, Lodi Gyari}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Ambassadors to the United States]] [[Category:People from Lhasa]] {{bio-stub}}