Tibet Bureau (Paris)
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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Astrid Fossier, Entretien avec M. Wangpo Bashi, secrétaire du Bureau du Tibet en France, avril 2003.
- ^ Nathalie Gauthard, De l'Administration Centrale Tibétaine au Gouvernement Tibétain en Exil : réformes, limites et paradoxes, p. 139.
- ^ Braillon, Anne (5 December 2013). "Le Tibet à la médiathèque".
- ^ Raphaël Liogier, Le bouddhisme mondialisé: Une perspective sociologique sur la globalisation du religieux, p. 275 : "C'est ainsi que la visite de 1993 sera préparée par la FBT en collaboration avec le Bureau du Tibet qui est la représentation politique du Dalaï-Lama en France, et avec des représentants de la communauté tibétaine en exil."
- ^ Malovic, Dorian (22 March 2013). "Dicki Chhoyang Kalon, au nom de tous les Tibétains". La Croix.
- ^ Ficatier, Julia (31 July 2008). "Wangpo Bashi, secrétaire du bureau du Tibet à Paris : " La France doit recevoir le dalaï-lama "". La Croix.
- ^ Anniversaire du Dalaï Lama Archived 9 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Fondation Brigitte-Bardot
- ^ Le Bureau du Tibet de Paris résiste[permanent dead link], Parisiens du bout du monde
- ^ "Bertrand Delanoë reçoit le dalaï-lama". L'Obs. 20 October 2003.
- ^ "Brève biographie de Madame Kunzang Diki Yuthok". Italian Radicals. 21 March 1997. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ "His Holiness' Former Representative in South Africa to Hand over Charge". Phayul.com. 17 February 2006.
- ^ New and Outgoing Representatives meet with Tibetans in France Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, par Tenam, Phayul.com.
- ^ Fabrice Midal, Un simple moine, p. 217
- ^ "Monsieur Tsering Dhondup est le nouveau secrétaire du Bureau du Tibet de Paris". World Tibet News. 24 August 2011.
https://tibet.net/namgyal-samdup-takes-on-as-new-coordinator-of-office-of-tibet-paris/