Penpa Tsering

Penpa Tsering
སྤེན་པ་ཚེ་རིང
Penpa Tsering in 2023
2nd Sikyong of the Central Tibetan Administration
Assumed office
27 May 2021
Preceded byLobsang Sangay
Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile
In office
2008–2016
Monarch14th Dalai Lama
Preceded byKarma Chophel (14th TPiE)
Succeeded byKhenpo S Tenphel (16th TPiE)
Personal details
Born1967
Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India
CitizenshipTibetan in exile
Political partyNational Democratic Party of Tibet/ Independent
Alma materMadras Christian College

Penpa Tsering (Tibetan: སྤེན་པ་ཚེ་རིང, Wylie: spen pa tshe ring་) (born 1967) is a Tibetan politician based in India.[1] He is the second democratically elected Sikyong of the Central Tibetan Administration in India.[2][3] He succeeded the last Sikyong Lobsang Sangay on 27 May 2021.[2][4] Penpa Tsering was the speaker of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration (Tibetan Parliament in Exile) for two terms between 2008 and 2016.[5]

  1. ^ Bhatia, Ashwini (14 May 2021). "Penpa Tsering elected of Tibetan exile government". Washington Post. AP. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Penpa Tsering New President Of Tibetan Govt-In-Exile". Outlook India. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  3. ^ Lhamo, Choekyi (14 May 2021). "Penpa Tsering to become the next Sikyong of CTA". Phayul. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Sikyong Lobsang Sangay congratulates Sikyong-elect Penpa Tsering, offers full co-operation in transition of power". Central Tibetan Administration. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Successive Chairman and Speaker | Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile". tibetanparliament.org. Retrieved 15 May 2021.

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