"Unity, Innovation and Self-Reliance key to Tibetan movement's survival and sustenance". Dr Lobsang Sangay   
DR LOBSANG SANGAY IN MEDIA 'The world is scared of this unknown entity called China that has come up. But we know them very well'
Indian Express
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Tibet's new elected leader looks ahead
Radio Netherlands Worldwide
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Forbes (Blog)
Four centuries of theocratic rule formally ends next month when Dr. Lobsang Sangay is inaugurated as the first democratically elected Kalon....
Dalai Lama in D.C. for Buddhist ritual
The Post and Courier
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Tibetan leader to India: make Tibet 'core' issue
AFP
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China 'will not talk' to new Tibetan leader
BBC News Asia-Pacific
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Tibetan PM Visits Kirti Hunger Strikers
The Wall Street Journal
Lobsang Sangay, the newly elected prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, met Thursday with three Tibetan political activists who are on an indefinite hunger strike in New Delhi..
New Tibetan prime minister-in-exile says he is open to talks with China
By Associated Press
NEW DELHI - The newly elected head of the Tibetan government in exile said Thursday that his administration is ready to negotiate with China 'anytime, anywhere.'..
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Outlook (India)
The newly elected Kalon Tripa (prime minister) of the Tibetan government-in-exile prepares to take over the political role of the Dalai Lama ..
Dalai Lama retirement looms over Tibetan vote
AFP
NEW DELHI (AFP) - He's little known outside his tiny community but is expected to replace a global icon: 43-year-old Lobsang Sangay faces a daunting task if he wins Sunday's vote for a new Tibetan leader. Sangay, who has never visited his homeland, is the front-runner to become the..
Harvard Law fellow set to lead Tibetans
Lisa Wangsness and Maria Sacchetti Globe Staff
Lobsang Sangay grew up in a Tibetan refugee settlement in Darjeeling, India. His parents sold one of the family's three cows to pay for his school fees. He went on to university and then law school in Delhi, before winning a Fulbright scholarship that brou...
Tibet poll 'a vote for freedom'
Amanda Hodge, South Asia correspondent
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Boston Globe (US)
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Above the Law (Online)
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 People's Daily Online (China)
The Telegraph (India)

Johnson too said that whoever was elected, the new prime minister would operate in the Dalai Lama's shadow. But he noted that the frontrunner, Lobsang Sangay, a Tibetan legal scholar currently at Harvard, enjoyed wide popularity among young Tibetans.

'If Lobsang Sangay comes out on top,' Johnson said, 'he well could become a formidable global spokesman for Tibetans, at least those in exile.' Tim Johnson, author of Tragedy in Crimson: How the Dalai Lama Conquered the World but Lost the Battle with China.
Guardian (UK)

Who will take over the political role?

Whoever is elected by the Tibetan community in exile next week. The front-running candidate is currently Harvard law professor Lobsang Sangay, 42. He will be known as the Kalon Tripa.
Globe and Mail (Canada)

The leading candidate to be the next prime-minister-in-exile is a Harvard-educated legal scholar who is seen as cosmopolitan and articulate; he has a huge following among Tibetan youth.
AOL News (Online)

Among the leading candidates to be prime minister is Lobsang Sangay, a Tibetan legal scholar currently at Harvard, who is especially popular among young Tibetans, Saunders said.
UPI (US)

Lobsang Sangay, a Tibetan legal scholar and an expert on international human-rights law, currently at Harvard University, is the front-runner for prime minister, with 'wide popularity among young Tibetans,' the Times said.
Washington Post

The March 20 election also is significant because it features three lay candidates for prime minister, marking the first time that a lay person, rather than a monk, will assume the role.

Lobsang Sangay, a Harvard fellow who is among the candidates, said the post-Dalai Lama era will be challenging. But, he added, 'democratic institutions and government will help sustain the Tibetan movement.'
The Times of India

After Dalai Lama, who would be the most important Tibetan? TNN,Mar 11, 2011, 02.23am IST

NEW DELHI: The Dalai Lama's stepping down is likely to trigger an electoral contest for the prime minister's post between three front-runners, all based abroad. They are Lobsang Sangay, a senior fellow at Harvard Law School, Tenzing Namgyal Tethong, an academic at Stanford University, and Tashi Wangdi, a Brussels-based civil servant. The election is scheduled for March 20.

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