Wangpo Tethong
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Wangpo Tethong (born 16 April 1963,
Life and work
Wangpo Tethong was born to Tibetan refugees at the
In 1988 Tethong assisted the German Die Grünen politicians Petra Kelly and Gert Bastian, convenors of the first international hearing on Tibet.[4] From 1988 to 1989 Tethong was a board member of the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC),[3] and between 1986 and 1990 president of the Tibetan Youth Association Europe and board member of the Verein Tibeter Jugend in Europa (literally: Association of Tibetan Youth in Europe).[1][2] He co-founded the Studentische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Tibet (STAFT) at the University of Zürich in 1989, and was co-editor of the Tibetan-German magazine Bod Shon (Junges Tibet, literally "Young Tibet") from 1989 to 1995. Since 2001 he is the elected president of the Gesellschaft Schweizerisch-Tibetische Freundschaft (GSTF), literally Swiss-Tibetan Friendship Society. Wangpo also served as party secretary and spokesperson of the Green Party in the Canton of Zürich from 1997 to 1999.[3] Tethong was also a co-initiator of the Tibetan Freedom Radio that broadcasts a Tibetan and Chinese radio service, co-founder of Lamtön, an advice center for Tibetan refugees in Switzerland in 2004, chairmen of the ITSN Olympics Working Group from 2001 to 2008 and since 2008 president of the National Olympic Committee of Tibet. He also initiated ICT Deutschland in 2004, in 2008 Filming for Tibet and one year later Tibet Film Festival.[1]
As the first exile Tibetan, he carried out a daring protest at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 2006. Among other events, Tethong also organized the manifestations with HH
Tibetan Parliament in Exile
On 6 May 2014 Wangpo Tethong was elected as member of the
Personal life
Wangpo Tethong is married, father of two children, and lives in Jona, Canton of St. Gallen.[1][8]
Publications (selected works)
- 1995: University of Zürich, 1995–1996 thesis in history.[3]
- 1997: Universität Zürich, with Prof. Dr. Jörg Fisch, 1985—1997 study in General History, Constitutional Law, Economic and Social History.[3]
- 2000: Der Wandel in der politischen Elite der Tibeter im Exil: Integrations- & Desintegrationsprozesse in der politischen Elite, 1950 bis 1979. ISBN 978-3-72060-036-1.
- 2003: Between Cultures: Young Tibetans in Europe. Translated by Susanne Martin, in Exile as Challenge: The Tibetan Diaspora by Dagmar Bernstorff and Hubertus von Welck. Hyderabad Orient Longman, Delhi, ISBN.
- 2006: with Alexander Hauri: Überschwemmungen in der Schweiz. Klimawandel und seine Auswirkungen. Greenpeace Schweiz, Bern 2006.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Verein Tibeter Jugend in Europa: Wangpo Tethong". vtje.org. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ ISBN 9788125025559. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f "Articles by Wangpo Tethong". rangzen.net. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- Petra K. Kelly, Gert Bastian, and Pat Aiello. "The Anguish of Tibet". tricycle.org. Retrieved 30 November 2015.)
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ "Tibetan Community in Switzerland & Liechtenstein: Wangpo Tethong". tibetswiss.ch. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Tibeter in der Schweiz" (in German). 10vor10. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ Phuntsok Yangchen (6 May 2014). "Wangpo Tethong sworn in as Tibetan MP from Europe". phayul.com. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ Phuntsok Yangchen (24 November 2010). "European Chitue Candidates". tibetanpoliticalreview.org. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
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