DHARAMSHALA, April 14: The Kashag has announced that Mr. Sonam Norbu Dagpo, currently serving as the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Office of Tibet, Australia, will be the Secretary, International Relations, at the Department of Information and International Relations from July 2, 2014.
Mr. Dagpo will be succeeded by Mr. Lhakpa Tsoko, the incumbent Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Office of Tibet, Japan, as the Representative, Office of Tibet, Australia with effect from June 25, 2014.
Mr. Lungtok, Joint Secretary at Department of Security, has been appointed the new Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Office of Tibet, Japan, with effect from June 16, 2014.
Lungtok has also served as a Deputy Secretary at the Office of Tibet, Japan, on special appointment before his transfer to the Department of Security in 2013.
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.
