Lobsang Sangay

Lobsang Sangay (born 1968, Darjiling, India) is a Tibetan scholar and political leader who became prime minister in the Tibetan Central Administration, the Tibetan government-in-exile, in 2011. He was both the first non-monk and the first person born outside Tibet to hold the position. Sangay was born in a refugee camp for Tibetan exiles. His father, a former Buddhist monk, kept livestock and managed to save money to send his son to school. Sangay studied...