Ngodup Tsering, the new Kalon in the Education Department.
The winter session of the Tibetan Parliament has kicked off with some new appointments.
Gonpo Phuntsok, the newly-elected Auditor General
Ngodup Tsering, who has been the Education Secretary since 2012, has been appointed as new Kalon in the Department of Education. He was proposed by the leader of the Government-in-Exile, Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay. Ngodup Tsering, 61, was a member of the Tibetan People’s Deputies, as the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile was formerly known, from 1979-1982. He went to the University of Punjab and was Director of the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts from 1991-1995.
Gonpo Phuntsok has been elected Auditor General by an overwhelming majority. He joined the Central Tibetan Administration in 1981 as a senior clerk, and later took one year’s study leave in 1996 in the United States. In 2009 he was promoted to Secretary of the Department of Religion and Culture, and in 2010 he was appointed Secretary of Office of Audit General.
Kargyu Dhondup, the newly-elected Chief Justice Commissioner
Kargyu Dhondup, 57, the outgoing Auditor General, has been elected as the new Chief Justice Commissioner of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission. He joined the Tibetan Government-in-Exile in 1980 as a junior clerk in the Office of the Auditor General and in 2004 was appointed Auditor General.
Sonam Choephel Shosur, the new Chief Election Commissioner and Chairman of the Public Service Commission.
Sonam Choephel Shosur, currently Secretary of the Department of Health in the Central Tibetan Administration, has been selected as the new Chief Election Commissioner and Chairman of the Public Service Commission. He joined the Central Tibetan Administration in 1982 as a junior clerk. From 2001 – 2008 he served as the Tibetan Settlement Officer in Dharamshala. He also served as Director of Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts before his appointment at the Department of Health in 2012.
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