Tibet Bureau (Paris) Explained

The Tibet Bureau in Paris, one of the offices of the official representation of the 14th Dalai Lama and of the Tibetan government in exile, is in charge of France, the Iberian Peninsula, the Maghreb and the Benelux countries (except Belgium). Founded in September 1992^{[1] [2]} it acts as an Embassy.^[3]

Activities

The Bureau is responsible for the preparation of visits of the Dalai Lama^[4] and of officials of the government in exile^[5] to promote culture, religion and Tibetan language, to support the Tibetans living in Europe and Maghreb, and promote the cause of Tibet internationally.

Shortly after the founding of the Tibet Bureau in Paris in September 1992, François Mitterrand, then president of the French Republic, received the Dalai Lama in private at the Elysee on 16 November 1993.^[6]

Every year, the Tibet Bureau organizes the celebration of the birthday of the Dalai Lama.^[7]

Since 1996, the Tibet Bureau publishes Actualités Tibétaines, a quarterly magazine.^[8]

On 20 October 2003 the Dalai Lama was received at the Paris City Hall by Bertrand Delanoë, then mayor of Paris.^[9]

List of representatives

• Dawa Thondup : September 1992 – 1997
• Kunzang Yuthok : February 1997 – 2001^[10]
• Tashi Phuntsok : September 2001 - November 2005
• Jampal Chosang : 27 February 2006 – 2009^[11]
• Tashi Wangdi : January 2009 ^[12] -17 December 2010
• Ngodup Dorjee : 17 December 2010 -2014
• Tseten Samdup Chhoekyapa : 1 October 2014-

List of secretaries

In 1993, Wangpo Bashi joined the Tibet Bureau in Paris, and was appointed secretary of the Tibetan government in exile in 1995.^[13] He was replaced on 25 August 2011 by Tsering Dhondup.^[14]

References

https://tibet.net/namgyal-samdup-takes-on-as-new-coordinator-of-office-of-tibet-paris/

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Astrid Fossier, Entretien avec M. Wangpo Bashi, secrétaire du Bureau du Tibet en France, avril 2003.
2. Nathalie Gauthard, De l'Administration Centrale Tibétaine au Gouvernement Tibétain en Exil : réformes, limites et paradoxes, p. 139.
3. Web site: Anne . Braillon . Le Tibet à la médiathèque . 5 December 2013.
4. [Raphaël Liogier]
5. Web site: Dorian Malovic. Dorian . Malovic . Dicki Chhoyang Kalon, au nom de tous les Tibétains . . 22 March 2013.
6. Web site: Julia . Ficatier . Wangpo Bashi, secrétaire du bureau du Tibet à Paris : " La France doit recevoir le dalaï-lama " . . 31 July 2008.
7. http://www.fondationbrigittebardot.fr/international/animaux-domestiques/actualites/anniversaire-dalai-lama Anniversaire du Dalaï Lama
8. http://www.parisiensduboutdumonde.fr/fre/decryptage/politique/bureau-tibet-paris.html Le Bureau du Tibet de Paris résiste
9. Web site: Bertrand Delanoë reçoit le dalaï-lama . L'Obs . 20 October 2003.
10. Web site: Brève biographie de Madame Kunzang Diki Yuthok . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214856/http://www.radioradicale.it/exagora/breve-biographie-de-madame-kunzang-diki-yuthok# . 2016-03-03 . . 21 March 1997.
11. Web site: His Holiness' Former Representative in South Africa to Hand over Charge . . 17 February 2006.
12. http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=23640&article=New+and+Outgoing+Representatives+meet+with+Tibetans+in+France New and Outgoing Representatives meet with Tibetans in France
13. Fabrice Midal, Un simple moine, p. 217
14. Web site: Monsieur Tsering Dhondup est le nouveau secrétaire du Bureau du Tibet de Paris . . 24 August 2011.