9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu
9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu, Jampal Namdröl Chökyi Gyaltsen | |||||||
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| Born | 6 January 1933 Lhasa, Tibet | ||||||
| Died | 1 March 2012 (aged 79) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | ||||||
| Religious life | |||||||
| Religion | Tibetan Buddhism | ||||||
| Senior posting | |||||||
| Period in office | 1936–2012 | ||||||
| Predecessor | 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu, Agwaanl Uwsanchoizhiniam Danzan Wanchüg | ||||||
| Successor | 10th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu, A. Altannar | ||||||
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| Chinese | 蔣巴南卓·確吉堅贊 | ||||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||||
| Tibetan | འཇམ་དཔལ་རྣམ་གྲོལ་ཆོས་ཀྱི་རྒྱལ་མཚན་ | ||||||
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| Mongolian Cyrillic | Жамбалнамдолчойжижалцан | ||||||
The 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu (né Jampal Namdol Chökyi Gyaltsen 6 January 1933 – 1 March 2012) was the 9th reincarnation of the Jebtsundamba Khutuktu, the third highest lama in the Tibetan Buddhism hierarchy and the spiritual leader of the Gelug lineage among the Khalkha Mongols. Although recognized as the reincarnation of the Bogd Khan in 1936, his identity was kept a secret by the Dalai Lama until 1990, due to the persecution of the Buddhist religion by the Communist Mongolian People's Republic, and he did not reside in Mongolia until the final year of his life.