Dolma Tsering Teykhang

Dolma Tsering Teykhang was born on 1 July 1956 in Dêgên, Tibet Area.^[1][2] Few years later, her parents fled Tibet with her during the 1959 Tibetan uprising.^[2]

She completed her schooling and subsequently obtained a bachelor's degree and a teaching qualification.^[1] She has worked as a teacher in Tibetan schools for near thirty years and was member of the Utsang Central Executive Committee.^[1] In 2001, Tsering earned a Fulbright Program scholarship.^[1]

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.^[1][3]

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".^[4]

After the 2021 general election, Tsering was elected Deputy Speaker of the Tibetan parliament.^[5] She has participated in diplomatic activities of the Tibetan diaspora, meeting with embassies and international organizations.^[6]