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Drogön Chögyal Phagpa

1235 - 1280

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Drogön Chogyal Phagpa (Tibetan: འགྲོ་མགོན་ཆོས་རྒྱལ་འཕགས་པ།, Wylie: ʼgro mgon chos rgyal ʼphags pa), who lived from (26 March 1235 – 15 December 1280), was the fifth leader of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism. He was also the first Imperial Preceptor of the Yuan dynasty and was concurrently named the director of the Bureau of Buddhist and Tibetan Affairs, serving during the reign of Kublai Khan. Historical tradition remembers him as the first vice-ruler of Tibet under the Yuan emperor as well as one of the Five Sakya patriarchs (Tibetan: ས་སྐྱ་གོང་མ་རྣམ་ལྔ་, Wylie: sa skya gong ma rnam lnga). Although this is historically disputed, he played a very important political role. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Drogön Chögyal Phagpa is the 7,445th most popular politician (down from 6,482nd in 2019), the 501st most popular biography from China (down from 497th in 2019) and the 285th most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Drogön Chögyal Phagpa ranks 7,445 out of 19,576. Before him are Marcia, Rodoald, Korechika Anami, Simonetta Sommaruga, Manfred Wörner, and Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster. After him are Bola Tinubu, Neferkare II, Henryk IV Probus, Elias Hrawi, Emperor Xizong of Tang, and Jacopo Tiepolo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1235, Drogön Chögyal Phagpa ranks 7. Before him are Pope Boniface VIII, Mengu-Timur, Yolanda of Poland, Muhammad II of Granada, Hugh III of Cyprus, and Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria. After him are Hayton of Corycus, Qian Xuan, Shlomo ibn Aderet, and Jacob van Maerlant. Among people deceased in 1280, Drogön Chögyal Phagpa ranks 7. Before him are Albertus Magnus, Pope Nicholas III, Magnus VI of Norway, Orda Khan, Margaret II, Countess of Flanders, and Al-Said Barakah. After him are Guan Hanqing, Yolande II, Countess of Nevers, John I de la Roche, and Jacopo Contarini.

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In China

Among people born in China, Drogön Chögyal Phagpa ranks 501 out of 1,610. Before him are Wang Qishan (1948), Ma Liang (187), Liu Bowen (1311), Jia Sidao (1213), Zhang Chunqiao (1917), and Shen Buhai (-385). After him are Emperor Xizong of Tang (862), Bai Chongxi (1893), Cao Kun (1862), Feng Menglong (1574), Shih Kien (1913), and Gengshi Emperor (null).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Drogön Chögyal Phagpa ranks 285. Before him are Zhang Juzheng (1525), Shangguan Wan'er (664), Wang Qishan (1948), Ma Liang (187), Jia Sidao (1213), and Zhang Chunqiao (1917). After him are Emperor Xizong of Tang (862), Bai Chongxi (1893), Cao Kun (1862), Gengshi Emperor (null), T. V. Soong (1894), and H. H. Kung (1881).

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