{"id":11754,"date":"2012-11-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-18T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/his-holiness-the-14th-dalai-lama-and-the-central-tibetan-administration\/"},"modified":"2012-11-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-18T23:00:00","slug":"his-holiness-the-14th-dalai-lama-and-the-central-tibetan-administration","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/his-holiness-the-14th-dalai-lama-and-the-central-tibetan-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\"\"His Holiness the Dalai Lama <\/strong>\n\nHis Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the spiritual leader of Tibet.\n\nSince the Chinese invasion of 1959, the Dalai Lama has continuously initiated a process of peaceful dialogue and negotiation with Chinese officials.\n\nIn 1979, he announced a \u201cMiddle Way Approach\u201d to resolve the Tibetan issue in consideration of the interest of both the Tibetans and the Chinese people. For his strong stance of non-violence, the Dalai Lama won the Nobel Peace Prize, joining fellow social justice pioneers including Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela.\n\nAs early as in 1960, the Dalai Lama had repeatedly stressed that in the process of democratization of the Tibetan government in-exile he would have devolved his political powers to an elected leadership in order to continue the democratic process and make Tibetans self-reliant. As a consequence, in March 2011 the Dalai Lama stepped down from his political authority and devolved his political powers to an elected leadership after democratic and transparent elections were carried out among the Tibetan diaspora.\n\nThe Kalon Tripa and the Kalons<\/strong>\n\nThe Kalon Tripa is the Head of the Kashag (the highest executive office in the Tibetan Central Administration in Dharamsala), which is composed by Kalons (ministries) handling different portfolios. Each Kalon is the head of a department according to his\/her functions. Currently there are 7 departments: Religion and Culture; Home; Finance; Education; Security; Information and International Relations; Health.\n\nExecutive: 14th Kashag<\/strong>\n