Former Minister, Department of Information and International Relations (2006-2011) Tempa risang (Tibetan: བསྟན་པ་ཚེ་རིང་, Wylie: Bstan-pa Tse-ring; born on 15 May 1950 in Gyangtse, Tibet).

Following the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1950, he and his family fled to India seeking exile.

[4] He received his secondary education at Dr. Graham's Homes in Kalimpong, and later earned a B.Sc.

He was elected as the member of the Central Executive Committee of the Tibetan Youth Congress and its advisor.

He held the portfolio of Kalon for the Department of Home, until the term of the 11th Cabinet (Tibetan: Kashag) expired in 2001.