Tibetans in exile re-elect Harvard Law grad as leader

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Monks cast their ballots at a polling station in Dharamsala, India, on March 20.

KIRAN SHARMA, Nikkei staff writer

NEW DELHI -- Lobsang Sangay has been re-elected as prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile amid hopes that the Harvard-educated lawyer will vigorously pursue the cause of Tibetan autonomy.

Sangay was first elected in 2011, after the Dalai Lama gave up his political role.

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