Tibetan National Congress

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{{Infobox political party

| country = Tibet

| name = Tibetan National Congress

| native_name = {{nobold|{{Bo-textonly|བོད་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་རང་བཙན་ལྷན་ཚོགས}}}}

| logo = Tibetan National Congress logo.png

| colorcode = {{party color|Tibetan National Congress}}

| foundation = {{start date|df=yes|2013|02|13}}

| ideology = {{ubl|Tibetan nationalism|Tibetan independence}}

| position = Right-wing

| seats1_title = Seats in Parliament

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|43|hex=#FFBD10}}

| website =

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The Tibetan National Congress is a Tibetan political party in exile of pro-independence ideology founded on 13 February 2013.{{cite web|title=Tibetan National Congress Launched|date=14 February 2013 |url=https://tibettruth.com/2013/02/14/tibetan-national-congress-launched/|access-date=15 March 2016}} The party maintains more radical positions than the moderate pro-independence National Democratic Party (the major party among the Tibetan diaspora) and supported the candidacy of former political prisoner Lukar Jam for Sikyong (Prime Minister of the Tibetan government in Dharamsala) in the 2016 elections, as the only one of the candidates that supports the full independence of Tibet and not just greater autonomy. Party leaders have described it as a political option for Tibetans of pro-independence ideas.{{cite news|title=New Party Fuels Debate on Tibet's Political Future|url=http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/debate-02222013102059.html|accessdate=15 March 2016|agency=Radio Free Asia|date=22 February 2013}} The party is not represented in the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration.