# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tashi-wangdi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:08:05.988Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tashi-wangdi"
name: "Tashi Wangdi"
slug: "tashi-wangdi"
description: "Tashi Wangdi was the representative to the Americas of the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, from 16 April 2005 to 2008. From 1966 he served the Central Tibetan Administration, Tibet's government-in-exile. He held the position of kalon, or cabinet minister, in virtually every major department, including the Department of Religion and Culture, Department of Home, Department of Education, Department of Information and International Relations, Department of Security, and Department of Health."
tagline: "Tibetan diplomat and politician (1947–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tashi_Wangdi_2_by_David_Shankbone.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1947-04-15"
deathDate: "2025-05-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.19
  momentum:             8.49056603773585
  historical:           6.743665333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm15705544/"
    handle:    "nm15705544"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%89%8E%E8%A5%BF%E6%97%BA%E5%A0%86"
    title: "扎西旺堆"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tashi_Wangdi"
    title: "Tashi Wangdi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tashi_Wangdi"
    title: "Tashi Wangdi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tashi_Wangdi"
    title: "Tashi Wangdi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tashi_Wangdi"
    title: "Tashi Wangdi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tashi_Wangdi"
    title: "Tashi Wangdi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%88%D1%96_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B4%D1%96"
    title: "Таші Вангді"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q580874"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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