(TibetanReview.net, Jun02’26) – The first session of the 18th Tibetan Parliament in Exile (TPiE) began today with the confirmation of six nominees for posts of Kalon (minister) proposed by Sikyong Penpa Tsering to constitute the 17th Kashag (cabinet) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA). One was confirmed unanimously and the rest by majority votes by the 45 members of the TPiE.
All the Kalons are new, with one woman.
Four of them are current employees of the CTA – Mr Palden Dhondup (unanimous), Secretary of the Department of Home; Mr Tsegyal Chukya Dranyi (30-14), the Kashag Secretary; Mr Tsering Dhondup Gyangser (33-11), Secretary of the...





