National Democratic Party of Tibet

National Democratic Party of Tibet
National Democratic Party of Tibet
བོད་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་དམངས་གཙོ་ཚོགས་པ་
President Chime Youngdung
Founded 1994 (1994)
Headquarters Dharamsala, India
Membership 2600 worldwide
Ideology Tibetan issue[clarification needed], democracy
Political position Right
Official colours Blue, red, white

National Democratic Party of Tibet (Tibetan:བོད་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་དམངས་གཙོ་ཚོགས་པ་) is the only political party created by and for Tibetans "in exile".[1]

It was founded on September 2, 1994. Mr. TT Karma Chophel was elected the first President of the NDPT, and ten other executive members were chosen. Since that the party has organised many hunger strikes to draw other nations attention for the Tibetan cause.[clarification needed]

In 2006 then-President of the party Mr. Karma Chophel was elected as a Chairman of the Assembly of Tibetan People’s Deputies.

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Structure and activities

According to the party, its main aim and objectives are to prepare for the establishment of the political parties in a future Tibet, to promote democracy, to educate the Tibetan people about the significance of political parties, and to create awareness among the people about Tibetan issues.[2]

In 2008, the party held workshops on democracy in Tibetan settlements located in remote parts of India, where the Tibetan community was taught about democracy as a value. In the 5th National Convention, the party passed a bill to support Tibetan political science students in different universities.

Leaders of the party

  • TT Karma Chophel (1994–1996)
  • Kunga Tsering (1996–1997)
  • Acharya Yeshi Phuntsok (1997–2000 and 2000–2004)
  • TT Karma Chophel (2004–2006)
  • Chime Youngdung (2006-2008? and since 2008)

See also

References

  1. ^ National Democratic Party of Tibet
  2. ^ [1]

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