Tsering Dhondup
Tsering Dhondup during his visit to the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan in 2013
Minister of Finance of the Central Tibetan Administration
Personal details
Born1960 (age 63โ€“64)
Alma materPanjab University
Himachal Pradesh University
University of Montana

Tsering Dhondup, also known as Tsering Dhundup Yangdhar, is the Minister of Finance of the Tibetan-government-in-exile, officially known as Central Tibetan Administration (CTA).

Biography

Dhondup was born in 1960 during his parents' escape to exile from Tibet after 1959 Tibetan uprising.

He attended school at the Tibetan Homes Foundation and Central School for Tibetans, Mussoorie in 1981.[1] He obtained Bachelor of Commerce degree at Panjab University, Chandigarh, in 1983. During this period, he was the President of the Tibetan Freedom Movement in Chandigarh.[1]

He joined and worked for the Central Tibetan Administration in December 1984. He obtained a master's degree in Commerce at Himachal Pradesh University in 1993. In fall 1993 with a Fulbright Scholarship, he studied Business Management for one year at the University of Montana, United States.[1]

He returned to India in October 1994, where he continued to work for the Central Tibetan Administration. He was Secretary of the Department of Education in 2000, and Department of Home in 2002, until October 2007 when his nomination as a Minister was approved by the 14th Tibetan Parliament in Exile.[1]

From 2007 to 2011, he was Minister of Finance in the 13th Kashag, directed by Prime Minister Samdhong Rinpoche.[2]

He was reelected as Minister of Finance in the 14th Kashag, directed by Prime Minister Lobsang Sangay.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 The Tibetan National Emblem Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, TPIE
  2. โ†‘ "New Kashag formed under Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay".
  3. โ†‘ "Present Kalons - Central Tibetan Administration". Archived from the original on 2013-01-20. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
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