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The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) congratulates the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and its Central Election Commission (CEC) on successful completion of the first stage of its global elections on 1 February 2026, in a democratic, free and fair process.
ICT congratulates the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) on successfully holding democratic, free and fair elections on 1 February. In the preliminary election, tens of thousands of Tibetans around the world exercised their fundamental right to determine their own future.
The 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, which convened on 11-12 October, have confirmed three ministers to President Penpa Tsering’s Cabinet while rejecting his two other nominations.
The Nepali government failed to commit to respecting and protecting the rights of Tibetan refugees in the country, FIDH and International Campaign for Tibet denounced today during the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
Penpa Tsering took over today as the new president of the Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamsala, India at a simple ceremony on account of COVID-19 lockdown rules in place in India.
The Tibetan Election Commission formally declared former Speaker Penpa Tsering as the next president of the Central Tibetan Administration, which provides democratic governance for Tibetans in exile. The president is known as the “Sikyong” in the Tibetan language.
Tibetans in exile have elected Penpa Tsering as their next political leader, in a two stage election, the second of which was held on April 11, 2021. More than 60,000 Tibetans (out of the 83,079 registered voters) voted in this election showing a voter turnout of over 70 per cent.
On 11 April 2021, Tibetans in the free world will participate in the final elections to select their political leader, known as the sikyong, and 45 members of their parliament.
With the announcement this week of candidates for the next president (or “sikyong”) and parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, the Tibetan community outside of Tibet has entered the final round of its democratic exercise.
Several thousand Tibetans in exile voted on Jan. 3, 2021 in the first round of the two-round elections for the president and the parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration.