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The Tibetan Parliament in Exile is headed by a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker, who are elected by the members amongst themselves. Any Tibetan who has reached the age of 25 has the right to contest elections to the parliament. The elections are held every five years and any Tibetan who has reached the age of 18 is entitled to vote.
Throughout 2020, a civil society initiative called Smartvote Tibet [7] invited Tibetans to submit questions for Sikyong and MP candidates in order to build an informed electorate. Smartvote Tibet is an initiative formed by a group of Tibetans who have a background in political science, history, psychology, technology and human rights law. Once ...
Elections for the office of Sikyong and the Chitue (Members) of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile were held between October 18, 2015 and March 20, 2016. Tibetans in exile voted for the fourth time their political representative and executive of the Central Tibetan Administration, the self-proclaimed Tibetan government in exile.
The Tibetan diaspora and refugees support the Central Tibetan Administration by voting for members of its parliament, the Sikyong, and by making annual financial contributions through the use of the Green Book. The Central Tibetan Administration also receives international support from other organizations and individuals.
On September 20, 2012, the 15th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile unanimously voted to change the title of Kalön Tripa to Sikyong in Article 19 of the Charter of the Tibetans in exile and relevant articles. [5] The Dalai Lama had previously referred to the Kalon Tripa as Sikyong, and this usage was cited as the primary justification for the name change.
A session of the Tibetan Parliament in Dharamsala, 2013. Penpa Tsering, Speaker, is visible on the right. Lobsang Sangay on the left. Penpa was elected to the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) for two terms from 1996 and 2006. [9] Following this he became the speaker of the 14th and 15th Parliament between 2008 and 2016. [5]
1960 Tibetan Parliament in Exile election; 1964 Tibetan Parliament in Exile election; 1996 Tibetan Parliament in Exile election; 2001 Central Tibetan Administration general election; 2006 Central Tibetan Administration general election; 2011 Central Tibetan Administration general election; 2016 Central Tibetan Administration general election
The Central Tibetan Administration’s general elections were held for the second time on March 20, 2011 to elect the Kalon Tripa of the Tibetan government in exile. This was the third time Tibetans in exile were able to choose their Prime Minister as the office was traditionally appointed by the Dalai Lama.