> He holds simultaneously the highest religious and political offices of his people. No, he doesn't. Since 1959 the government is exile has had a prime-ministe

> He holds simultaneously the highest religious and political offices of his people. No, he doesn't. Since 1959 the government is exile has had a prime-minister/Sikyong/Kalon-Tripa[1]; since 2001 it's been an elected office; and since 2011 it has been the government in exiles most powerful political office. They went form feudalism to a constitutional democracy with a titular monarch in less than 60 years. If nothing else about the Dalai Lama were impressive, overseeing that transition alone would be. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikyong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikyong