List of Panchen Lamas

This is a list of Panchen Lamas of Tibet.

List

Title	Portrait	Name (Lifespan)	Recognition
1st Panchen Lama	Error creating thumbnail:	Khedrup Gelek Pelzang (1385–1438)	posthumously
2nd Panchen Lama	File:Sonam Chhyog-Lan.jpg	Sönam Choklang (1438–1505)	posthumously
3rd Panchen Lama	File:Lossan Tondub.jpg	Ensapa Lobsang Döndrup (1505–1568)	posthumously
4th Panchen Lama	Error creating thumbnail:	Lobsang Chökyi Gyalsten (1570–1662)	1645–1662
5th Panchen Lama	Error creating thumbnail:	Lobsang Yeshe (1663–1737)	1663–1737
6th Panchen Lama	File:Lobsang Palden Yeshe.jpg	Lobsang Palden Yeshe (1738–1780)	1738–1780
7th Panchen Lama	File:No image.png	Palden Tenpai Nyima (1782–1853)	1782–1853
8th Panchen Lama	File:No image.png	Tenpai Wangchuk (1855–1882)	1857–1882
9th Panchen Lama	File:9thPanchen.jpg	Thupten Chökyi Nyima (1883–1937)	1888–1937
10th Panchen Lama	File:Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama in the mid-1950s, from- Dalai and Panchen (cropped).jpg	Choekyi Gyaltsen (1938–1989)	1938–1989
11th Panchen Lama	File:Panchen Lama- Gedhun Choekyi Nyima at age 6 in art detail, Panchen Lama Association (cropped).jpg	Gedhun Choekyi Nyima (born 1989)	14 May 1995 – present

Note:

The 11th Panchen Lama was recognized by 14th Dalai Lama on May 14, 1995. A few days later, the Panchen Lama was forcibly disappeared by the Chinese government, and he has not been seen in public since then. The Chinese government installed their own candidate (Gyaincain Norbu) as their "official" Panchen Lama. The Chinese government candidate is not recognized by the Tibetan exile community.

See also

• List of Dalai Lamas

Further reading

• List of Panchen Lamas, Wikipedia
• Goldstein, Melvyn C (1997). The Snow Lion and the Dragon: China, Tibet, and the Dalai Lama. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-21951-1. 
• Hilton, Elizabeth. (2000). The Search for the Panchen Lama. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-04969-8.