Dolma Tsering Teykhang
Dolma Tsering Teykhang | |
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| སྒྲོལ་མ་ཚེ་རིང་བཀྲས་ཁང | |
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| Speaker of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration | |
| Assumed office 31 May 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Khenpo Sonam Tenphel |
| Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration | |
| In office 8 October 2021 – 31 May 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Acharya Yeshi Phuntsok |
| Succeeded by | Khenpo Sonam Tenphel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 July 1956 |
| Education | Central Tibetan School Administration |
| Occupation | Politician, |
Dolma Tsering Teykhang (Standard Tibetan: སྒྲོལ་མ་ཚེ་རིང་བཀྲས་ཁང, romanized: sgrol ma tshe ring bkras khang; born 1 July 1956) is a Tibetan teacher and politician, Speaker of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration since 2026.
Career
Dolma Tsering Teykhang was born on 1 July 1956 in Dêgên, Tibet Area.[1][2] Few years later, her parents fled Tibet with her during the 1959 Tibetan uprising.[2]
She completed her schooling and subsequently obtained a bachelor's degree and a teaching qualification.[1] She has worked as a teacher in Tibetan schools for near thirty years and was member of the Utsang Central Executive Committee.[1] In 2001, Tsering earned a Fulbright Program scholarship.[1]
Tsering has been member of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration for the Ü-Tsang region since she was elected in the 2001 general election.[1][3]
According to Dolma Tsering Teykhang in 2016, after the destruction of part of the Larung Gar Buddhist Academy, five hundred nuns were sent for patriotic re-education, they were allegedly forced to sing "hymns of loyalty to communism".[4]
After the 2021 general election, Tsering was elected Deputy Speaker of the Tibetan parliament.[5] She has participated in diplomatic activities of the Tibetan diaspora, meeting with embassies and international organizations.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Parliamentary profile". Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration. Archived from the original on 12 July 2025. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- 1 2 Defranoux, Laurence (29 November 2017). "Interview «Le monde devrait s'inquiéter des atteintes à l'environnement au Tibet»". Libération. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- ↑ "13th ATPD (Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies)". Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration. Archived from the original on 1 January 2026. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- ↑ Gaymard, Véronique (6 January 2018). "Tibet: l'acculturation passe par la répression des activités religieuses". Radio France Internationale. Archived from the original on 15 October 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- ↑ "17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Elects New Speaker and Deputy Speaker". Central Tibetan Administration. 8 October 2021. Archived from the original on 30 April 2025. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- ↑ "Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang Meets with the US Embassy Staff". The Office of Tibet. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2025.