Go Khok, former deputy Party chief of Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region, has been appointed the city's acting mayor, the authority announced on Monday.

The post had been vacant for four months since Zhang Yanqing, the city's previous mayor, was appointed top official of Xigaze, another city in the region, in June.

Go Khok, 49, was appointed to the post at the 27th Session of the 10th Lhasa People's Congress Standing Committee.