Penpa Tsering
Penpa Tsering | |
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| སྤེན་པ་ཚེ་རིང | |
Penpa Tsering in 2023 | |
| 2nd Sikyong of the Central Tibetan Administration | |
| Assumed office 27 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Lobsang Sangay |
| Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile | |
| In office 2008–2016 | |
| Monarch | 14th Dalai Lama |
| Preceded by | Karma Chophel (14th TPiE) |
| Succeeded by | Khenpo S Tenphel (16th TPiE) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1967 (age 57–58) Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India |
| Citizenship | Tibetan in exile |
| Political party | National Democratic Party of Tibet/ Independent |
| Alma mater | Madras Christian College |
Penpa Tsering (Tibetan: སྤེན་པ་ཚེ་རིང, Wylie: spen pa tshe ring་; born 1967) is a Tibetan politician based in India. He is the second democratically elected Sikyong of the Central Tibetan Administration in India. He succeeded the last Sikyong Lobsang Sangay on 27 May 2021. Penpa Tsering was the speaker of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration (Tibetan Parliament in Exile) for two terms between 2008 and 2016.