Dharamshala: Mr. Gonpo Phuntsok, currently serving as the Secretary of Office of the Auditor General, has been elected as the new Auditor General, in a voting held during today’s parliamentary session.

He got an overwhelming majority of 36 votes out of 39 votes cast. The other nominee was Mr. Tashi Topgyal, currently serving as the Additional Secretary of the Department of Education, Central Tibetan Administration.

Their nominations were proposed by a 3-member selection committee comprising of former Chief Justice Commissioner Mr Lobsang Dhargyal, former Chief Justice Commissioner Jadur Sonam Sangpo and former Kalon Tsering Phuntsok. The selection committee was constituted by a committee of the current Chief Justice Commissioner, Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Tibetan Parliament and Sikyong.

Mr. Gonpo Phuntsok was born in Palyul, Dege county in 1953. He came into exile with his family in 1963 and settled at Phendeling Tibetan settlement in Mainpat. He went to school at CST Mussoorie. He is a B.Com graduate.

He joined the Central Tibetan Administration in 1981 as a Senior Clerk and was posted as an accountant at a Paljor enterprise based in Delhi. In 1983, he was transferred to Amritsar as the cashier cum accountant of the CTA’s cotton and wool manufacturing unit. He was gradually promoted as the chief accountant and assistant manager of the unit.

In 1990, he was appointed as the chief accountant and the assistant manager of Hotel Tibet in Gangtok. He was transferred to Department of Finance in 1991 and appointed as the head of CTA’s Budget section.

In 1992, he was promoted to the post of Deputy Secretary. He took one year official education leave in 1996 to pursue further studies in the US.

From 1997 – 2002, he served on the post of Joint Secretary at various offices including the cabinet secretariat and Office of the Auditor General.

He was promoted to the post of Additional Secretary in 2002 and transferred to the Department of Religion and Culture. In 2009, he was promoted to the post of Secretary and appointed as the secretary of the department.

He was appointed as the Secretary of the Office of the Auditor General in 2010.

Source:https://tibet.net/secretary-gonpo-phuntsok-elected-new-auditor-general/