Tempa Tsering

Tempa Tsering was born on May 15 1950 in Tibet.

After the invasion of the Chinese forces in Tibet in 1950, he and his family escaped into exile in India. He completed his High School from Dr. Grahams Homes, Kalimpong, and B.Sc. from Madras Christian College. He was also elected as the member of the Central Executive Committee of the Tibetan Youth Congress and its advisor. In 1973, he joined the Tibetan civil service, as interpreter and office secretary at the Bylakuppe Tibetan Settlement ; From 1973-74, as lower division clerk;From 1974-80 as deputy secretary at the Department of Information and International Relations of the Government of Tibet in Exile; From 1981-85 as deputy secretary (and later as additional secretary) at the Office of the 14th Dalai Lama; From 1988-1990 as additional secretary at the Department of Home; as chief coordinator at the Chief Representative’s Office for the five settlements in the state of Karnataka; From 1991-1999 as the secretary of the Department of Information and International Relations. In 2000, the Tibetan Parliament in Exile, from a list of nominees proposed by the Dalai Lama, elected him as minister (Tibetan: Kalon). He held the portfolio of Kalon for the Department of Home, until the term of the 11th Cabinet (Tibetan: Kashag) expired in 2001.In 2006, nominated as Kalon by Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche and later approved by the Members of Assembly an taken the portfolio of Kalon for the Department of Information and International Relations along with the representative of the Dalai Lama in New Delhi.In 2007, as the representative of the Dalai Lama in New Delhi.