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Penpa Tsering sworn in for a second term to lead Tibet’s government-in-exile
The Dalai Lama watched the swearing-in as Penpa Tsering won a second term after taking 61% in the preliminary round.
- On Wednesday, Penpa Tsering was sworn in for a second consecutive term as president of Tibet's government-in-exile in Dharamshala, India, with the Dalai Lama present as Chief Justice Commissioner Yeshi Wangmo administered the oath.
- Tsering's reelection followed February voting across 27 countries among Tibetans in India and overseas, marking the fourth direct election since the Dalai Lama transferred political power in 2011.
- The Central Tibetan Administration represents an estimated 150,000 Tibetans in exile, including 91,000 registered voters: Buddhist monks in the Himalayas, political exiles across South Asian megacities and refugees in Australia, Europe and North America.
- Tsering committed the administration to the Middle Way Policy, pledging to pursue autonomy through nonviolence and dialogue while continuing back-channel communications with the Chinese government with caution and steadiness.
- Beijing's 2025 assertion that it must approve the Dalai Lama's eventual successor contradicts the Dalai Lama's insistence that only his India-based office holds that authority; Chinese Embassy spokesperson Yu Jing dismissed the exile administration Sunday as unrecognized by any sovereign country.
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Tibetans in exile went to the polls earlier this year and re-elected Penpa Tsering. He was sworn in on Wednesday.
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right6Center11Last UpdatedBias Distribution52% Center
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