Lobsang Sangay, the political successor to the Dalai Lama, will be sworn-in as Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile at a public ceremony in Dharamsala on Monday. 43-year-old Sangay will be administered the oath of office at a ceremony in the central courtyard of the main Tibetan temple, opposite to the office of the Dalai Lama.
Sangay succeeds Samdhong Rinpoche as the Kalon Tripa or the Prime Minister of the Central Tibetan Administration. The oath will be administered by Ngawang Phelgyal, the Chief Justice Commissioner, in the presence of the spiritual leader of Tibetans -- the Dalai Lama.
Sangay will be the first to take charge of the office after the Dalai Lama announced his decision to devolve his political authority to the elected leadership. These changes were ratified by the Tibetan Parliament in May. Born in Darjeeling and educated in Delhi, Sangay pursued higher studies in the US and was a senior Fellow at the Harvard Law School before being elected as the Kalon Tripa in April.
Besides pursuing law, he also organised conferences and seminars which were attended by several Chinese scholars during his 16-year stay in the US. He believes that it will be hard for the Chinese to criticise his ascendance to the post as 8/8 (August 8) is considered as auspicious by them.
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