Dharamshala: The leadership and civil servants of the Central Tibetan Administration held a memorial service this afternoon to mourn the demise of Wangdue Tsering, the official driver at the Office of Tibet in Nepal who passed away in the evening of Sunday, 9 July at Jampaling settlement in Pokhara.

Following the presentation of a brief biography of the deceased by  Cabinet Secretary Tsegyal Chukya Dranyi, the officiating Sikyong Kalon Tharlam Dolma Changra bemoaned the death by expressing her condolences and

The prayer service was attended by Justice Commissioner Tenzin Lungtok, Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang, Secretaries and senior officials of the CTA.

Brief bio of the deceased:

Wangdue Tsering was born on 27 December 1983 at the Jampaling settlement in Pokhara to Choedak Dawa and Karchen. He completed his schooling at Namgyal High School.

On 1 March 2012, Wangdue was appointed as the driver of the Lodrik settlement office on probation before being appointed as a permanent employee there on 25 September 2012. On 30 December 2021, he was transferred to the Office of Tibet in Nepal. He was on a half-paid sick leave from 22 May 2023-18 September 2023. He is survived by his only daughter.