DHARAMSHALA, January 31: Nangsa Choedon, the only female Secretary in the Tibetan government in exile has been appointed the new representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for South Africa.
Nangsa will be taking over charge from incumbent Representative Mingyur Dorjee from April 2, 2014. She has been serving as a Secretary of the Public Service Commission since Nov. 20, 2004. Nangsa has served in various capacities in the exile Tibetan government. She is also an alumni under the Tibetan scholarship program funded by the US State Department.
With the complete devolution of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s formal authority to the elected leadership in 2011, the constitutional authority to appoint Representatives, earlier vested with the Dalai Lama, was delegated to the Kashag headed by PM Lobsang Sangay.
Offices of Tibet are the official agencies of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. OoTs are present in 11 countries across the world.
