# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gyalo-thondup
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:44:08.698Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gyalo-thondup"
name: "Gyalo Thondup"
slug: "gyalo-thondup"
description: "Gyalo Thondup was a Tibetan political operator in exile. The second-oldest brother of the 14th Dalai Lama, he was his closest advisor. From 1952 onward, he was based in India. Through the 1950s and 1960s, he worked with the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States during its unsuccessful campaign to use armed Tibetan rebels against China."
tagline: "Tibetan personality, brother of Tenzin Gyatso (14th Dalai Lama)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gyalo_Dhondup_at_Yabshi_Takster.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1928-11-05"
deathDate: "2025-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.58
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.050435999999999
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%98%89%E4%B9%90%E9%A1%BF%E7%8F%A0"
    title: "嘉乐顿珠"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyalo_Thondup"
    title: "Gyalo Thondup"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyalo_Thondup"
    title: "Gyalo Thondup"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyalo_Thondup"
    title: "Gyalo Thondup"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyalo_Thondup"
    title: "Gyalo Thondup"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyalo_D%C3%B6ndrub"
    title: "Gyalo Döndrub"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyalo_Thondup"
    title: "Gyalo Thondup"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyalo_Thondup"
    title: "Gyalo Thondup"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2335106"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump