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Showing posts with label Dr Lobsang Sangay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dr Lobsang Sangay. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
As the clock ticked 9 past 9 minutes on Monday morning — the number nine associated with longevity in the Tibetan tradition — Dr Lobsang Sangay was sworn in as the new Prime Minister (Kalon Tripa) of the Tibetan government-in-exile in McLeodganj in Himachal Pradesh.
Lobsang Sangay takes oath as Tibetan Kalon Tripa
IANS India Private LimitedBy Indo Asian News Service | IANS – Mon, Aug 8, 2011
Dharamsala, Aug 8 (IANS) Lobsang Sangay, the new Kalon Tripa or the prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, took the oath of office Monday morning at a ceremony held in this north Indian hill town.
The ceremony was presided over by spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.
Thubten Samphel, a spokesperson for the government-in-exile, told IANS that the oath-taking ceremony was a historic occasion being attended by Tibetan diaspora settled across the globe.
He said Sangay took the oath of office at 9 a.m., 9 minutes and 9 seconds (9.9.9.), as desired by him.
Fortythree-year-old senior fellow of Harvard Law School, prime minister Sangay took over the reins of the government from 73-year-old monk-scholar Samdhong Rinpoche, who held the post for the past 10 years in two five-year terms.
Lobsang Sangay takes oath as Tibetan Kalon Tripa
IANS India Private LimitedBy Indo Asian News Service | IANS – Mon, Aug 8, 2011
Dharamsala, Aug 8 (IANS) Lobsang Sangay, the new Kalon Tripa or the prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, took the oath of office Monday morning at a ceremony held in this north Indian hill town.
The ceremony was presided over by spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.
Thubten Samphel, a spokesperson for the government-in-exile, told IANS that the oath-taking ceremony was a historic occasion being attended by Tibetan diaspora settled across the globe.
He said Sangay took the oath of office at 9 a.m., 9 minutes and 9 seconds (9.9.9.), as desired by him.
Fortythree-year-old senior fellow of Harvard Law School, prime minister Sangay took over the reins of the government from 73-year-old monk-scholar Samdhong Rinpoche, who held the post for the past 10 years in two five-year terms.
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