Dolma Tsering Teykhang

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སྒྲོལ་མ་ཚེ་རིང་བཀྲས་ཁང, Wylie: sgrol ma tshe ring bkras khang་; born 1 July 1956) is a Tibetan teacher and politician, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration since 2021.

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. 1 2 3 4 5 "Parliamentary profile". Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration . Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  2. 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.
  3. ↑ "13th ATPD (Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies)". Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  4. ↑ Gaymard, Véronique (6 January 2018). "Tibet: l'acculturation passe par la répression des activités religieuses". Radio France Internationale . Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Elects New Speaker and Deputy Speaker". Central Tibetan Administration . 8 October 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang Meets with the US Embassy Staff". The Office of Tibet. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
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Dolma Tsering Teykhang
སྒྲོལ་མ་ཚེ་རིང་བཀྲས་ཁང
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Dolma Tsering Teykhang in 2021
Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 October 2021