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{{short description|President at The Tibet Fund}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Lobsang Nyandak
| native_name = 
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| image = File:Lobsang Nyandak official photo.jpg
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| caption = Lobsang Nyandak, 7 November 2019

| order =
| office = Finance Minister of the [[Central Tibetan Administration]]
| term_start = 2001
| term_end = 2006
| primeminister = [[Lobsang Tenzin]]
| predecessor = Söpa Gyatso
| successor = [[Tsering Dhondup]]

| order2 =
| office2 = Health Minister of the [[Central Tibetan Administration]]
| term_start2 = 2001
| term_end2 = 2005
| primeminister2 = [[Lobsang Tenzin]]
| predecessor2 = Samkhar Yangkee Dhashi
| successor2 = Thupten Lungrik

| order3 =
| office3 = Foreign Minister of the [[Central Tibetan Administration]]
| term_start3 = 2005
| term_end3 = 2006
| primeminister3 = [[Lobsang Tenzin]]
| predecessor3 = [[Lobsang Tenzin]]
| successor3 = Kesang Yangkyi Takla

| birth_name = Lobsang Nyandak
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|12|15|df=y|}}
| birth_place = [[Kalimpong]], [[India]]
| citizenship =
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| party = [[National Democratic Party of Tibet]]
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| education =
| alma_mater = [[Panjab University]]
| occupation = Politician, executive
| known_for = [[Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy]], [[Tibet Fund|The Tibet Fund]]
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'''Lobsang Nyandak''', sometimes written Lobsang Nyendak ({{Bo|t=བློ་བཟང་སྙན་གྲགས|w=blo bzang snyan grags}}) also called '''Lobsang Nyandak Zayul''' ({{Bo|t=བློ་བཟང་སྙན་གྲགས་རྫ་ཡུལ|w=blo bzang snyan grags rdza yul}}) is a Tibetan diplomat and politician.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Semple|first=Kirk|date=2010-09-22|title=Tibetan Ex-Prisoner Evokes His Homeland's Struggle in a Movie|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/nyregion/23tibetan.html|access-date=2020-08-12|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Helft|first=Miguel|date=2009-03-24|title=YouTube Blocked in China, Google Says|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/technology/internet/25youtube.html|access-date=2020-08-12|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> born in 1965 in [[Kalimpong]], [[India]] where he performed his studies in [[Herbertpur]] and at [[Panjab University]] in [[Chandigarh]]. There, he held functions at [[Tibetan Youth Congress]] before becoming the founding Executive Director of the [[Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy]]. Member of the [[National Democratic Party of Tibet]], he was elected deputy and was selected as a minister by [[Samdhong Rinpoche]] ([[Lobsang Tenzin]]), the first elected [[Kalon Tripa]] of [[Central Tibetan Administration]] (CTA). He then was the Representative of the [[14th Dalai Lama]] to the Americas and became president of [[Tibet Fund|The Tibet Fund]].<ref>[https://www.dalailamafilm.com/dalai-lama-official-representative-to-hold-qa-at-dalai-lama-renaissance-screening-in-new-york-on-february-28-at-4-pm-at-the-rubin-museum-of-art-2395 Dalai Lama official representative to hold Q&A at "Dalai Lama Renaissance" screening in New York on February 28 at 4 p.m. at the Rubin Museum of Art], Wakan Films (dalailamafilm.com), February 26, 2009</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Nyandak was born in [[Kalimpong]], India in 1965 to a [[Tibetan diaspora|Tibetan refugee family]].<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tibet.com/Govt/kalon-b-d.html|title=Profile of Tibetan Ministers|date=2007-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714161947/http://www.tibet.com/Govt/kalon-b-d.html|access-date=2020-04-07|archive-date=2007-07-14}}</ref> He completed his elementary and high school education at SFF [[Central Tibetan School Administration|Tibetan School]] in [[Herbertpur]], India,<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tibetanyouthcongress.org/former-centrex/|title=Tibetan Youth Congress {{!}} Former Centrex|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref>
a school for children of Tibetan families recruited into the [[Special Frontier Force]] (SFF).<ref>Kaydor Aukatsang, [http://www.phayul.com/2020/02/12/42582/ Memories and Association of a Lifetime – Remembering SFF CST Herbertpur], ''[[Phayul.com]]'', 12 February 2020</ref> Nyandak graduated from [[Panjab University]] in Chandigarh, India, with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] and a [[Bachelor of Education|B.Ed.]] in 1986.<ref name="auto"/><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://tibet.net/kalon-tripa-samdhong-rinpoche-forms-his-kashag/|title=Kalon Tripa Samdhong Rinpoche forms his Kashag|date=2001-09-20|website=Central Tibetan Administration|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref>

== Career ==
===Tibetan Youth Congress (1988–1995)===

Nyandak served as General Secretary of the [[Tibetan Youth Congress|Regional Tibetan Youth Congress]] (RTYC) in Chandigarh, India (1987<ref name="Tibetan Review">[https://www.tibetanreview.net/tibet-fund-director-announces-candidature-for-top-exile-tibetan-elective-post/ Tibet Fund director announces candidature for top exile Tibetan elective post], ''[[Tibetan Review]]'', 5 mars 2020</ref>-89).<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite news|last=Jain|first=Neelam|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/02/24/Tibetans-put-off-peace-march-to-Lhasa/1921793602000/|title=Tibetans put off peace march to Lhasa|date=1995-02-24|work=[[United Press International]]|access-date=2020-03-06|url-status=live}}</ref> Nyandak became Executive Secretary and Joint Secretary of the Central Executive Committee (Centrex) of the [[Tibetan Youth Congress]] (TYC) (1990–92) and later took over as General Secretary of TYC (1992–1995).<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Citation|title=Tibetan Youth Congress: Past and Present|url=https://www.voatibetanenglish.com/a/2492340.html|language=en|work=[[Voice of America]]|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref>

[[File:Lobsang Nyandak and Richard Gere.jpg|thumb|Lobsang Nyandak and [[Richard Gere]] during The Tibet Fund annual gala at [[Le Bernardin]] Privé in New York on October 19, 2016]]

===Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy (1996–2001)===

Nyandak was the founding Executive Director of the [[Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy]] (TCHRD), a non-governmental human rights organisation established in January 1996 in [[Dharamsala]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://college.emory.edu/program/marianne/portfolio/tibet/news/index.html|title=Emory-Tibet Partnership {{!}} News & Events|website=college.emory.edu ([[Emory University]])|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref> He represented Tibetans at international conferences, such as in 1997 at [[UN Human Rights Commission|the UN Human Rights Commission]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/1997/19970410.hrcn796.html|title=NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS CLAIM NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS AROUND WORLD {{!}} Meetings Coverage and Press Releases|website=www.un.org ([[United Nations Information Service at Geneva]])|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref> in 1998 at a conference-debate on Human Rights and [[Asian values]] organized by [[International Federation for Human Rights]] and [[Wei Jingsheng]] on the sidelines of the UN Human Rights Commission session in Geneva;<ref>{{Interlanguage link|Jean-Claude Buhrer|lt=Jean-Claude Buhrer|fr|Jean-Claude Buhrer|WD=}}, [https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1998/04/16/les-asiatiques-denoncent-l-opposition-entre-droits-de-l-homme-et-valeurs-asiatiques_3649586_1819218.html Les Asiatiques dénoncent l'opposition entre droits de l'homme et « valeurs asiatiques »], [[Le Monde]], 16 avril 1998</ref> in 2001 at the [[World Conference against Racism]] in South Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tibet.net/china-defeated-at-un-vote/|title=China defeated at UN vote|date=2001-05-23|website=[[Central Tibetan Administration]]|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref> Following his appointment as minister in 2001, Nyandak served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the TCHRD from 2001 until 2004.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rochester.edu/tibetchallenge/champions-2015/|title=2015 Champions – Tibetan Innovation Challenge|language=en-US|website=[[University of Rochester]]|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref>

===Deputy (1996–2001)===

In 1996, Nyandak was elected to the [[Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration|Tibetan Parliament]], to represent the province of [[Kham]] in Eastern Tibet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tibetanparliament.org/about-tpie/the-successive-tpie/twelfth-atpd/|title=Twelfth ATPD {{!}} Tibetan Parliament in Exile|website=[[Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration]]|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref> During this period, Nyandak also served as Vice President and Secretary of the Executive Committee of the [[National Democratic Party of Tibet]].<ref name="auto2"/>

===Minister (2001–2006)===
[[File:Samdhong Rinpoche (68) (15046815726).jpg|left|thumb|Lobsang Nyandak, Thupten Lungrik, [[Lobsang Tenzin|Samdhong Rinpoche]] and Lobsang Nyima, wearing khata and red ribbons.]]

In 2001, Nyandak was appointed as a Minister (Kalon) during the first tenure of [[Samdhong Rinpoche]] ([[Lobsang Tenzin]]),<ref name=":0" /> the first elected Prime Minister ([[Kalon Tripa]]) of the Central Tibetan Administration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tibet.net/about-cta/executive/|title=Executive|website=Central Tibetan Administration|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref> As a Kalon, Nyandak was in charge of three departments: the Department of Information and International Relations (2005–2006),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tibet.net/department/information/|title=Department of Information & International Relations – Former Kalons And Secretaries|last=|first=|date=|website=Central Tibetan Administration|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref> the Department of Finance (2001–2006)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tibet.net/department/finance/|title=Department of Finance – Former Kalons & Secretaries|last=|first=|date=|website=Central Tibetan Administration|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref> and the Department of Health (2001–2005).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tibet.net/department/health/|title=Department of Health – Who's Who|last=|first=|date=|website=Central Tibetan Administration|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref>

As Minister of International Relations, Nyandak served as a member of the {{ill|Sino-Tibetan Dialogue (2002–2010)|fr|Dialogue entre le gouvernement tibétain en exil et la république populaire de Chine (2002–2010)|lt=Task Force of the Sino-Tibetan Dialogue from 2005 to 2006}} and again from 2012 to present.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tibet.net/eu-sidesteps-human-rights-to-promote-trade-says-kalon-lobsang-nyandak/|title=EU Sidesteps Human Rights to Promote Trade, Says Kalon Lobsang Nyandak|date=2005-07-28|website=Central Tibetan Administration|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tibet.net/dont-wait-and-watch-change-make-it-happen-kalon-lobsang-nyandak/|title=Don't Wait and Watch Change, Make It Happen: Kalon Lobsang Nyandak|date=2005-10-27|website=Central Tibetan Administration|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tibet.net/kalon-lobsang-nyandak-meets-president-of-european-parliament/|title=Kalon Lobsang Nyandak Meets President of European Parliament|date=2005-07-13|website=Central Tibetan Administration|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/exile/3615-26th-meeting-of-tibetan-task-force-begins-with-six-new-members|title=26th meeting of Tibetan Task Force begins with six new members|last=|first=|date=2013-09-05|website=[[Tibet Post|The Tibet Post]]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tibetexpress.net/954/task-force-meeting-on-sino-tibet-negotiation-begins-in-dharamsala/|title=Task Force meeting on Sino-Tibet negotiation begins in Dharamsala|last=Gaphel|first=Tenzin|date=2015-01-06|website=Tibet Express|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref>

As Minister of Finance, Nyandak oversaw the overall financial health of the CTA<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tibet.net/new-book-for-annual-contribution-launched/|title=New Book For Annual Contribution Launched|date=2005-03-04|website=Central Tibetan Administration|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2129176.stm|title=Dalai Lama to privatise Tibetan business|date=2002-07-15|access-date=2020-02-14|url-status=live|work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> and established Tibetan business bodies, including the Tibetan Chamber of Commerce.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tibetanchamberofcommerce.com/history-and-vision|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407070837/https://www.tibetanchamberofcommerce.com/history-and-vision|title=History and Vision|website=Tibetan Chamber of Commerce|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07|archive-date=2020-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tibet.net/tibetan-sweater-sellers-association-formed/|title=Tibetan Sweater Sellers' Association Formed|date=2006-08-29|website=Central Tibetan Administration|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref> During this time period, Nyandak also served as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the CTA's Social and Resource Development Fund (SARD)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rochester.edu/tibetchallenge/judges/|title=Judges – Tibetan Innovation Challenge|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref> and Managing Trustee of the Dalai Lama's Charitable Trust.<ref name="auto1"/>

===Representative of the 14th Dalai Lama (2008–2013)===
[[File:Samdhong Rinpoche (81) (14883214707).jpg|left|thumb|Lobsang Nyandak (on the right end) with other representatives of the Dalai Lama from around the world at a two-day meeting in Dharamsala October 2009 (the Dalai Lama is in the center with Samdhong Rinpoche).]]
Nyandak moved to the [[United States]] with his family in 2007 and joined the [[Tibet Fund]] as its Development Director in 2008 until he was appointed as the Representative of the [[14th Dalai Lama]] at the [[Offices of Tibet (Dharamsala)|Office of Tibet in United States]] from September 2008 to 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dalailamaportland2013.net/representative-lobsang-nyandak-visits-maitripa/|title=Representative Lobsang Nyandak Visits Maitripa|date=2013-03-22|website=HH the Dalai Lama, Portland, Oregon, 2013|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tibet.ca/en/library/wtn/11215|title=Kashag Re-appoints Envoys and Representatives of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Secretaries|last=|first=|date=2011-05-14|website=[[World Tibet News]]|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tibet.ca/en/library/wtn/12662|title=New North American Representative of the Dalai Lama|last=|first=|date=2013-06-03|website=[[World Tibet News]]|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref> He was responsible for organizing visits of the Dalai Lama to North America, including arranging meetings with leaders and educators.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/lawmaker-news/38049-pelosi-to-appear-with-richard-gere-her-latest-celeb-meeting|title=Pelosi to appear with Richard Gere, her latest celeb meeting|date=2009-03-09|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/the-dalai-lama-comes-to-connecticut/1905821/|title=The Dalai Lama Comes to Connecticut|last=Beaulieu|first=Scott|date=January 18, 2012|website=NBC Connecticut|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://savetibet.org/u-s-state-department-report-on-tibetan-chinese-dialogue-faults-beijing-for-impasse/|title=U.S. State Department report on Tibetan-Chinese dialogue faults Beijing for impasse|date=2012-09-14|website=[[International Campaign for Tibet]]|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref>
[[File:Lobsang Nyandak, Tibetan Lunar New Year - Losar 2147, New York.jpg|alt=File:Lobsang Nyandak, Tibetan Lunar New Year – Losar 2147, New York, Tibet Fund|left|thumb|Lobsang Nyandak at Tibetan Lunar New Year – [[Losar]] 2147, New York, Tibet Fund (20 February 2020)]]

===Tibet Fund (2013–present)===

In 2013, Nyandak was appointed as the Executive Director of the [[Tibet Fund]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tibetfund.org/docs//October%202013.pdf|title=The Tibet Fund News|date=2010-09-22|website=The Tibet Fund|url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2017, he became President of the organization.<ref>Sam Littlefair, [https://www.lionsroar.com/rinchen-dharlo-retires-as-president-of-the-tibet-fund/ Rinchen Dharlo retires as president of Tibet Fund], ''[[Lion's Roar (magazine)|Lion's Roar]]'', 29 juin 2017</ref>

=== Prime Minister campaigns ===
==== 2011 ====
Lobsang Nyandak was candidate initially for the [[2011 Central Tibetan Administration general election|2011 election of Tibetan Prime Minister]] and a poll directed by Shambala Post estimated he was second in popularity, after [[Lobsang Sangay]].<ref>Holly Brooke-Smith, [http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/outlook/views-and-analysis/852-lobsang-sangay-tops-tibetan-opinion-poll-for-next-pm Lobsang Sangay Tops Tibetan Opinion Poll for Next PM], The Tibet Post International, 7 May 2010</ref> He finally decided not to run for the 2011 election.<ref>[http://bangchen.net/2773/58/05/ བཀའ་བློན་ཁྲི་པའི་འོས་གཞི་རུ་ལང་རྒྱུའི་འདོད་པ་དང་འཆར་གཞི་རྩ་བ་ཉིད་ནས་མེད།], The Tibet Express, 26 February 2010</ref>

==== 2021 ====
On March 2, 2020,<ref name="Tibetan Review"/> Lobsang Nyandak publicly announced his candidacy for the [[2021 Central Tibetan Administration general election|2021 election of Tibetan Prime Minister]] ([[Sikyong]]).<ref>Choekyi Lhamo, [http://www.phayul.com/2020/07/27/44068/ Preparations for 2021 general elections underway, says Election Commissioner], ''[[Phayul.com]]'', 27 July 2020</ref>

In his program, he declares he is confident to re-establish contact with the Chinese Government to resolve the Tibetan issue, and aims to transform Tibet in a peace zone, as envisaged by the 14th Dalai Lama<ref>[https://www.tibetsun.com/opinions/2020/08/16/lobsang-nyandak-why-am-i-running-for-sikyong Lobsang Nyandak: Why am I running for Sikyong?], ''[[Tibet Sun]]'', 16 August 2020</ref>

== Personal life ==
Nyandak is married to Tenzin Palmo.{{when|date=December 2020}} They have three children.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

== Publications ==
* [https://www.tibetsun.com/opinions/2020/07/07/the-dalai-lama-institution-is-a-year-older The Dalai Lama Institution is a Year Older!], [[Tibet Sun]], 7 July 2020
* [https://www.tibetanreview.net/why-am-i-running-for-sikyong/ Opinion: Why am I running for Sikyong?], [[Tibetan Review]], 16 August 2020

== See also ==
{{Portal|China|Asia}}
* [[2021 Central Tibetan Administration general election]]
*[[1996 Tibetan Parliament in Exile election]]
* [[Samdhong Rinpoche]]
*[[Sikyong]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4p4z03gd1c Representative Lobsang Nyandak Speech in New York], 11 March 2013, YouTube, Office of Tibet Washington, DC
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKisBoMPzf8 Lobsang Nyandak at Emory University on Tibet's Self Immolation], 28 March 2013, YouTube, Emory University
* [https://www.voatibetan.com/a/4785061.html Kunleng Interview], 13 February 2019, video of [[Voice of America|Voice of America's Kunleng]] Tibetan program interview
* [https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Lobsang+Nyandak%22+-wikipedia Google books sourcers]
* [https://cse.google.com/cse?hl=en&cx=007734830908295939403:galkqgoksq0&cof=FORID:13%3BAH:left%3BCX:Wikipedia%2520Reference%2520Search&q=%22Lobsang+Nyandak%22 Additional verifiable mentions]

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