Who will be the new Tibetian Prime Minister after the Dalai Lama quits?

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Who will be the new Tibetian Prime Minister after the Dalai Lama quits?

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kruijs in Politics » Asia
Settled on 04/27/2011 09:57 Settled by

kruijs

Winning option:bsang Sangay Tibetan exiles elected a Harvard law scholar as their political leader, who is likely to bring in a more radical government-in-exile to challenge China after the Dalai Lama moved to relinquish his political role.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/27/us-tibet-elections-idUSTRE73Q18120110427

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Lobsang Sangay

Tenzin Tethong

Tashi Wangdi

Other

Background

On the 52nd anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, the Dalai Lama made his most forceful assertion to date that he would retire from political service to move the Tibetan refugee community away from theocratic rule and toward democracy. Though his desire to cede political control has been well known for some time, Tibetans have been reticent to let him step down.

On March 20, Tibetans in exile will go to the polls to elect a new prime minister. Among the candidates are Lobsang Sangay, a Tibetan legal scholar at Harvard, who is widely seen as the frontrunner in the race; Tenzin Tethong, a former representative for the Dalai Lama, and Tashi Wangdi, a Tibetan civil servant.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/blog-post/2011/03/dalai_lama_who_will_succeed_hi.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/10/dalai-lama-step-down-qanda

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03/22/2011 02:44

gotmick

Results will be declard on April 27th: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/tibetansinexile-line-up-to-elect-pm/765431/0

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