Sikyong

Head of government of the Central Tibetan Administration Head of the Central Tibetan Administrationསྲིད་སྐྱོང༌Emblem of TibetIncumbentPenpa Tseringsince 21 May 2021Central Tibetan AdministrationStyleHis ExcellencyMember ofCabinetResidenceDharamsala, IndiaAppointerDirect popular voteTerm lengthFive yearsFormation1907 (as Kalön Tripa)8 August 2011 (as Sikyong)Websitewww.tibet.net The Sikyong (Tibetan: སྲིད་སྐྱོང༌, Wylie: srid-skyong, Lhasa dialect: [ˈsícóŋ]) is the political leader of the Central Tibetan Administration, a Tibetan exile organisation in India also known as the Tibetan government-in-exile based on the 2011 Charter of Tibetans-in-exile. The title was created in 2012 after the 14th Dalai Lama decided not to assume any political and administrative authority as the head of the Tibetan Administration for Tibetans-in-exile. The current Sikyong is Penpa Tsering. The Sikyong is the political leader of the Kashag, part of the executive branch of the Central Tibetan Administration. This office should not be confused with the "Chairman of the People's Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region" (西藏自治区人民政府主席) app