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{{Infobox official post
| post = Sikyong
| body = the Central Tibetan Administration
| native_name = {{lang|bo|སྲིད་སྐྱོང༌}}
| flag =
| flagsize =
| flagcaption =
| insignia = File:Emblem of Tibet.svg
| insigniasize = 125px
| insigniacaption = Emblem of Tibet
| image = Penpa Tsering - Sikyong.jpg
| incumbent = [[Penpa Tsering]]
| incumbentsince =
| style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]
| residence = [[Kashag]] [[Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh|Dharamsala]], [[India]]
| appointer = Direct popular vote
| termlength = Five years
| termlength_qualified =
| constituting_instrument =
| precursor =
| formation = 1907 as Kalön Tripa of Tibet 8 August 2011 Sikyong
| first = Chankhyim Trekhang Thupten Shakya
| website = {{URL|http://www.tibet.net}}
}}

The '''Sikyong''' ({{bo |t = སྲིད་སྐྱོང༌ |w = srid-skyong |l = ˈsícóŋ}}) is the head of the [[Central Tibetan Administration]], a [[Tibet]]an exile organisation also known as the Tibetan [[Government-in-Exile]]. The title was created in 2012.

The current Sikyong is [[Penpa Tsering]]. The Sikyong is the head of the [[Kashag]], part of the executive branch of the Central Tibetan Administration. This office should not be confused with the "Chairman of the Government of the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]]".<ref>西藏自治区人民政府主席</ref>

The first directly elected [[Kalön]] Tripa was [[Lobsang Tenzin]], the [[Samdhong Rinpoche]], who was elected August 20, 2001.<ref>Donovan Roebert, ''Samdhong Rinpoche: Uncompromising Truth for a Compromised World'' ([[World Wisdom]], 2006) {{ISBN|978-1-933316-20-8}} (On August 20, 2001, Venerable Professor Samdhong Rinpoche was elected Kalon Tripa (Prime Minister) of the Tibetan Government in Exile, receiving 84.5% of the popular exile vote.)</ref> Based on the [[13-Article Ordinance for the More Effective Governing of Tibet]], Kashag should be composed of three temporal [[official]]s and one monk official. Each of them held the title of ''Kalön'' ({{bo |t = བཀའ་བློན་ |w = bkaʼ-blon |l = kálø ̃|lang=yes}}; {{zh |c = 噶倫 |p = gálún}}), should seek appointment from the Central Government.<ref name="WangNyima1997">{{cite book|author1=Jiawei Wang|author2=Gyaincain Nyima|author3=Jiawei Wang|title=The Historical Status of China's Tibet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ak3SQTVS7acC&pg=PA58|year=1997|isbn=978-7-80113-304-5|pages=58–}}</ref>

Before 2011, the Kalön Tripa position was subordinate to the [[14th Dalai Lama]]<ref>[http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/t100000_.html The Charter of Tibetans in-Exile], Article 20 of the [[Constitution of Tibet]], retrieved 2010-03-19.</ref> who presided over the government in exile from its founding.<ref>[http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/t100000_.html The Charter of Tibetans in-Exile], Articles 19, 30, & 31 of the Constitution of Tibet, retrieved 2010-03-19.</ref> In 2011, the Dalai Lama announced that his political authority would be transferred to Sangay.<ref>Dean Nelson [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/tibet/8688087/Lobsang-Sangay-profile.html Lobsang Sangay: profile], The Telegraph, 08 Aug 2011</ref>

== Kalön Tripa ==
On September 20, 2012, the 15th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile unanimously voted to change the title of Kalön Tripa to ''Sikyong'' in Article 19 of the Charter of the Tibetans in exile and relevant articles.<ref>[http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=32159&t=1 Tibetan Parliament changes 'Kalon Tripa' to 'Sikyong']</ref> The Dalai Lama had previously referred to the Kalon Tripa as Sikyong, and this usage was cited as the primary justification for the name change. According to ''Tibetan Review'', "Sikyong" translates to "political leader", as distinct from "spiritual leader".<ref name="TR">{{cite news |url = http://www.tibetanreview.net/news.php?id=11207 |title = Kalon Tripa to be now referred to as Sikyong |date = 2012-09-22 |accessdate = 2012-12-11 |publisher = Tibetan Review |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131017051755/http://www.tibetanreview.net/news.php?id=11207 |archivedate = 2013-10-17 }}</ref> Foreign affairs Kalon [[Dicki Chhoyang]] claimed that the term "Sikyong" has had a precedent dating back to the [[7th Dalai Lama]], and that the name change "ensures historical continuity and legitimacy of the traditional leadership from the fifth Dalai Lama".<ref>{{cite web |url = http://tibet.net/2012/11/16/international-support-groups-meet-in-dharamsala-to-deal-with-critical-situation-in-tibet/ |title = International Support Groups Meet in Dharamsala to Deal with Critical Situation In Tibet |date = 2012-11-16 |publisher = [[Central Tibetan Administration]]}}</ref> The online Dharma Dictionary translates sikyong (''srid skyong'') as "secular ruler; regime, regent"[http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/srid_skyong]. The title ''sikyong'' had previously been used by [[regent]]s who ruled Tibet during the Dalai Lama's minority. It is also used in Tibetan to refer to the governors of the states of the United States.[http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/mnga%27_sde%27i_srid_skyong]

== List of ''Kalön Tripas'' and ''Sikyongs''{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="9" |

===[[Tibet]]===
|--
! #
! colspan=2 |Name
! Took Office
! Left Office
!Monarch 
|-
|1 || Chankhyim Trekhang Thupten Shakya||[[File:Chankyim Trekhang Thupten Shakya.jpg|180px]] || 1907 || 1920
| rowspan="5" style="background:white" |[[Image:Thirteenth Dalai Lama Thubten Gyatso.jpg|200px]] <center> '''[[Dalai Lama]] [[Thubten Gyatso]]'''</center> (1879 – 1933)
|-
|2 || [[Paljor Dorje Shatra]] ||[[File:Paljor Dorje Shatra.jpg|180px]] ||1907 || 1923
|-
|3|| Sholkhang Dhondup Phuntsog ||[[File:13th_Dalai_Lama_1910_in_India.png|180px]]|| 1907||1926
|-
|4|| Langdun Kunga Wangchuk || [[File:Langdun Kunga Wangchuk 6.jpg|180px]] ||1926 || 1940
|-
| rowspan=2|5 || Lobsang Tashi || [[File:本珠仓·洛桑扎西.jpg|295x295px]]||1950||1952
|-
|| Lukhangwa Tsewang Rabden|| [[File:鲁康娃·泽旺饶登.jpg|316x316px]] ||1950||1952
| rowspan="1" style="background:white" |[[Image:Tenzin Gyatso as a young boy.jpg|200px]] <center> '''[[Dalai Lama]] [[Tenzin Gyatso]]'''</center> (reigned in Tibet 1937 – 1950; 1937 onwards as Dalai Lama)
|-
! colspan="9" |

=== [[Central Tibetan Administration]] — Kalön Tripa ===
|-- bgcolor="#dcdcdc"
! #
! colspan=2 |Name
! Took Office
! Left Office
!Monarch
|-
| 1 || Jangsa Tsangy || [[File:No image.png|180px]] || 1959 || 1960
| rowspan="13" style="background:white" | <center>[[Image:Dalai Lama 1430 Luca Galuzzi 2007.jpg|200px]]</center> <center>'''[[Dalai Lama]] [[Tenzin Gyatso]]'''</center> (reigned in exile 1950 – 2011; 1937 onwards as Dalai Lama)
|-
| 2 || Surkhang Wangchen Gelek || [[File:Wangchen Geleg Surkhang, Phuntsog Rabgye Ragashar.jpg|180px]] || 1960 || 1964
|-
| 3 || Gyurme Sonam Topgyal || [[File:先喀·居美多吉（夏苏）、洛桑扎西、柳霞·土登塔巴.jpg|180px]] || 1965 || 1970
|-
| 4 || Garang Lobsang Rigzin || [[File:No image.png|180px]] || 1970 || 1975
|-
| 5 || Kunling Woeser Gyaltsen || [[File:No image.png|180px]] || 1975 || 1980
|-
| 6 || Wangdue Dorjee || [[File:No image.png|180px]] || 1980 || 1985
|-
| 7 || Juchen Thupten Namgyal || [[File:Voa Juchen Thupten Namgyal 480.jpg|180px]] || 1985 || 1990
|--
| 8 || Kalsang Yeshi ||[[File:No image.png|180px]] || 1990 || 1991
|--
| 9 || [[Gyalo Thondup]] || [[File:Gyalo Thondup.jpg|180px]] || 1991 || 1993
|-
| 10 || [[Tenzin Tethong]] || [[File:Tenzin Tethong.jpg|180px]] || 1993 || 1996
|-
| 11 || [[Sonam Topgyal]] || [[File:Sonam Topgyal.jpg|180px]] || 1996 || 2001
|-
| 12 || [[Lobsang Tenzin]] || [[File:Samdhong Rinpoche Lobsang Tenzin crop.JPG|180px]] || 2001 || 2011
|-
| 13 || [[Lobsang Sangay]] || [[File:Lobsang Sangay, Tibetan Prime Minister.jpg|180px]] || 2011 || 2012
|-
! colspan="9" |

=== [[Central Tibetan Administration]] — Sikyong ===
|-- bgcolor="#dcdcdc"
! #
! colspan=2 |Name
! Took Office
! Left Office
!Head of State
|-
| 13 || [[Lobsang Sangay]] || [[File:Lobsang Sangay, Tibetan Prime Minister.jpg|180px]] || 2012 || 21 May 2021
| rowspan="1" style="background:white" | <center>Himself</center>
|-
|14
|[[Penpa Tsering]]
|[[File:Penpa_Tsering_-_Sikyong.jpg|alt=|frameless]]
|21 May 2021
|Present
|Himself
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
; Speech/transcription

* [https://tibet.net/penpa-tsering-sworn-in-as-the-sikyong-of-16th-kashag/ Penpa Tsering sworn in as the Sikyong of 16th Kashag]

* [http://www.vifindia.org/transcriptions-paper/2011/09/6-7/Seminar-on-Tibet-in-the-Aftermath-of-Devolution-of-Political-Authority Key note address by Dr. Lobsang Sangay, Kalon Tripa, Tibetan Government in Exile on 06 September 2011 at the VIF Seminar on Tibet]

== See also ==
* [[2021 Central Tibetan Administration general election]]

; Elections
* [http://kalontripa.org/ Kalon Tripa election in 2011]
* [http://www.tibetsociety.com/content/view/164 Kalön Tripa 2011 election results]

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ChanteKates at 18:51, 7 March 2026

imported>Toto11zi: fixed based on source