Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa
Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa | |
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Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa | |
| Finance Minister of Tibet | |
| In office 1939–1950 | |
| Dalai Lama | Tenzin Gyatso |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 11, 1907 Lhasa, Tibet |
| Died | February 23, 1989 (aged 82) Corpus Christi, Texas, United States |
| Nationality | Tibetan |
| Occupation | Diplomat, Politician, Scholar, Author |
| Known for | Tibet: A Political history |
Shakabpa Wangchuk Deden (Tibetan: ཞྭ་སྒབ་པ་དབང་ཕྱུག་བདེ་ལྡན་, Wylie: zhwa sgab pa dbang phyug bde ldan, January 11, 1907 – February 23, 1989), better known as Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa, was a Tibetan nobleman, scholar, statesman and former Finance Minister of the government of Tibet.