Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE)

Question 1

What is it?Where is it?

Answer 1

The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE) has its headquarters in Dharamsala, in the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh.

The 16th TPiE had 45 members:
10 -> each of the traditional provinces of Tibetan – U-Tsang, Dhotoe and Dhomey;

Two from each of the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism and the pre-Buddhist Bon religion;

Two representing each of the Tibetan Communities in North America and Europe.

One from Australasia and Asia (excluding India, Nepal and Bhutan).

Question 2

What does the Tibetan Constitution say?

Answer 2

The Central Tibetan Administration exists and functions on the basis of the Constitution of the Tibetan government called ‘The Charter of the Tibetans in Exile’.

Question 3

What is Kashag?

Answer 3

The Kashag (Cabinet) is Central Tibetan Administration’s highest executive office and comprise seven members.