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{{Infobox royalty | name = His Holiness <br> Tenzin Gyatso | title = The 14th Dalai Lama | image = Dalai Lama in 2012 02.jpg | religion = [[Tibetan Buddhism]] ([[Gelug]] school) | school = | reign = 22 February 1940 – present | caption = Gyatso in 2012 | alt = Gyatso dressed in robes raising his hands | succession = 14th Dalai Lama | predecessor = [[13th Dalai Lama|Thubten Gyatso]] | reg-type = | regent = [[Lobsang Sangay]] as [[Sikyong]] (political functions) {{List collapsed |title = {{nowrap|previously [[Sikyong|Kalön Tripas]]}} |1 = {{clear}} # Lukhangwa # Lobsang Tashi # Jangsa Tsang # Zurkhang Ngawang Gelek # Shenkha Gurmey Topgyal # Garang Lobsang Rigzin # Kunling Woeser Gyaltso # Wangue Dorji # Juchen Thupten Namgyal # Kelsang Yeshi # [[Gyalo Thondup]] # [[Tenzin Tethong]] # [[Sonam Topgyal]] # [[Lobsang Tenzin]] # [[Lobsang Sangay]] }} | succession1 = [[Head of state]] of the [[Central Tibetan Administration]] | reign-type1 = In office | reign1 = 1959–2012 | predecessor1 = ''New creation'' | successor1 = [[Lobsang Sangay]] {{small|(as [[Sikyong]])}} | succession2 = Director of the Preparatory Committee for the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]] | reign-type2 = In office | reign2 = 1956–1959 | predecessor2 = ''New creation'' | successor2 = [[Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama|10th Panchen Lama]] {{small|(acting)}} | succession3 = 1st, 2nd [[Vice Chairperson of the National People's Congress|Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress]] | reign-type3 = In office | reign3 = 15 September 1954–{{nowrap|21 December 1964}}<br>{{small|Exile to India in March 1959}} | father = [[Choekyong Tsering]] | mother = [[Diki Tsering]] | birth_name = Lhamo Thondup | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1935|7|6|df=y}} | birth_place = <!--Do Not Change without Consensus -->[[Taktser]], [[Amdo]], [[Tibet]]<ref name=birthplace1>{{cite web |title=Brief Biography |url=https://www.dalailama.com/the-dalai-lama/biography-and-daily-life/brief-biography |w