National Democratic Party of Tibet
| National Democratic Party of Tibet | |
|---|---|
| Party leader | Tsetan Norbu |
| founding | 2nd September 1994 |
| Place of foundation | Dharamsala |
| Number of members | 5,000 worldwide |
The National Democratic Party of Tibet (bod-kyi rgyal-yongs mang-gtso tshogs-pa བོད་ ཀྱི་ རྒྱལ་ ཡོངས་ མང་ གཙོ་ ཚོགས་ པ) is the strongest party of the Tibetans in exile and has 16 of the 43 members of the parliament in exile in Dharamsala / India .
The party was founded on September 2, 1994 as a result of the drafting of the Tibetan Constitution. At the 1990 Tibetan Youth Congress, the 14th Dalai Lama suggested that the Tibetan administration in exile should be democratized and made legal through a constitution.
According to the party, its main goal is to promote democracy, educate the Tibetan people about the importance of political parties, and raise awareness among Tibetans of their own problems.
The party supported Lobsang Sangay in his election as prime minister of the government-in-exile.
Party leader
- TT Karma Chophel (1994-1996)
- Kunga Tsering (1996-1997)
- Acharya Yeshi Phuntsok (1997-2000; 2000-2004)
- TT Karma Chophel (2004-2006)
- Chime Youngdung (2006–2012)
- Gelek Jamyang (2012-2016)
- Tsetan Norbu (2016-2019; 2019-2021)
Remarks
- ^ Trine Brox: Tibetan Democracy: Governance, Leadership and Conflict in Exile . IBTauris, London - New York, 2016, ISBN 978-1-78453 601-5 , pp. 160 ff .; Thomas Weyrauch: The party landscape in East Asia . Longtai, Heuchelheim 2018, ISBN 978-3-938946-27-5 , p. 275;
- ^ Facebook, Brief History of the National Democratic Party of Tibet, 11/11/2009, [1] .