Penpa tsering biography sample

Sikyong of the Tibetan Government in Exile

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]

Early life

Penpa Tsering was born in a refugee camp in Bylakuppe in the Indian state of Karnataka in 1967.^[6] After topping his schooling, he graduated with Honours degree in economics from Madras Christian College.^[6] Following stints in the Tibetan Freedom Movement and the Nigerian-Tibet Friendship Association during his college days,^[7] he went on to serve as the executive director at th