Dolma Tsering Teykhang

Dolma Tsering Teykhang is a Tibetan teacher and politician, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration since 2021.

Career

Dolma Tsering Teykhang was born on 1 July 1956 in Dêgên, Tibet Area. Few years later, her parents fled Tibet with her during the 1959 Tibetan uprising.
She completed her schooling and subsequently obtained a bachelor's degree and a teaching qualification. She has worked as a teacher in Tibetan schools for near thirty years and was member of the Utsang Central Executive Committee. In 2001, Tsering earned a Fulbright Program scholarship.
Tsering has been member of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration for the Ü-Tsang region since she was elected in the 2001 general election.
According to Dolma Tsering Teykhang in 2016, after the destruction of part of the Larung Gar Buddhist Academy, five hundred nuns were sent for patriotic re-education, they were allegedly forced to sing "hymns of loyalty to communism".
After the 2021 general election, Tsering was elected Deputy Speaker of the Tibetan parliament. She has participated in diplomatic activities of the Tibetan diaspora, meeting with embassies and international organizations.