Tsedrung Gyaltsen Choden, the last surviving government official who served in independent Tibet before 1959 has died aged 102 in the United States. Sikyong Penpa Tsering, President of the Tibetan Government-in-exile said in his eulogy at the prayer ceremony held in his honour, “We believe that he has lived a truly meaningful life serving the Tibetan people and fulfilling the aspirations of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.”