Panchen lama biography of alberta
Tibet Rights Collective - Life and Legacy of 10th Panchen Lama
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima
11th Panchen Lama as recognized by the 14th Dalai Lama
| Gedhun Choekyi Nyima དགེ་འདུན་ཆོས་ཀྱི་ཉི་མ་ | |
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Gedhun Choekyi Nyima in 1995 | |
| Reign | 14 May 1995–present (CTA interpretation, disputed by Chinese government proxy Gyaincain Norbu) |
| Predecessor | Choekyi Gyaltsen 10th Panchen Lama |
| Born | (1989-04-25) 25 April 1989 (age 35) Lhari County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China |
| Disappeared | May 17, 1995 (aged 6) Lhari County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China |
| Status | Missing for 29 years, 8 months and 6 days |
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima (born 25 April 1989[1]) is the 11th Panchen Lama belonging to the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism, as recognized and announced by the 14th Dalai Lama on 14 May 1995.
Three days later on 17 May, the six-year-old Panchen Lama was kidnapped and forcibly disappeared by the Chinese government, after the State Council of the People's Republic of China failed in its efforts to install a s 班禅额尔德尼 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书 GIH