# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sonam-rapten
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:07:47.915Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sonam-rapten"
name: "sonam rapten"
slug: "sonam-rapten"
description: "Sönam Rapten, initially known as Gyalé Chödze and later on as Sönam Chöpel, was born in the Tholung valley in the Central Tibetan province of Ü. He started off as a monk-administrator of the Ganden Phodrang, the early Dalai Lamas' residence at Drepung Monastery, outside Lhasa, Tibet. From around or before the age of 20 he became the Treasurer and the \"Chagdzo\" of the Fourth (1589-1617) and, subsequently, the Fifth Dalai Lama (1617-1682). He presided as the most senior official of the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism for over 40 years."
tagline: "Regent in Tibet under Gushi Khan rule (1595-1658)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Sonam_Rapten_1595-1658%2C_Regent_of_Tibet.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1595"
deathDate: "1658"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.4
  momentum:             6.923076923076924
  historical:           6.542117333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%A2%E5%8D%97%E7%BE%A4%E5%9F%B9"
    title: "索南群培"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8-%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B8-'%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2"
    title: "ব্সোদ-নাম্স-ছোস-'ফেল"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B6nam_Ch%C3%B6phel"
    title: "Sönam Chöphel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonam_Rapten"
    title: "Sonam Rapten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonam_Rapten"
    title: "Sonam Rapten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B6nam_Ch%C3%B6pel"
    title: "Sönam Chöpel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonam_Czopel"
    title: "Sonam Czopel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459835"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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