| National Democratic Party of Tibet བོད་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་དམངས་གཙོ་ཚོགས་པ་ |
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| President | Chime Youngdung |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Dharamsala, India |
| Membership | 2600 worldwide |
| Ideology | Tibetan issue, democracy |
| Political position | Right |
| Official colours | Blue, red, white |
National Democratic Party of Tibet (Tibetan:བོད་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་དམངས་གཙོ་ཚོགས་པ་) is the only political party created by and for Tibetans "in exile".[1]
It was founded on September 2, 1994. Mr. TT Karma Chophel was elected the first President of the NDPT, and ten other executive members were chosen. Since that the party has organised many hunger strikes to draw other nations attention for the Tibetan cause.
In 2006 then-President of the party Mr. Karma Chophel was elected as a Chairman of the Assembly of Tibetan People’s Deputies.
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According to the party, its main aim and objectives are to prepare for the establishment of the political parties in a future Tibet, to promote democracy, to educate the Tibetan people about the significance of political parties, and to create awareness among the people about Tibetan issues.[2]
In 2008, the party held workshops on democracy in Tibetan settlements located in remote parts of India, where the Tibetan community was taught about democracy as a value. In the 5th National Convention, the party passed a bill to support Tibetan political science students in different universities.