Tsering Samphel

Tsering Samphel (born 25 June 1948) is an Indian politician. Samphel supports the now fulfilled demand to give Ladakh Union Territory status.

Tsering Samphel is the son of Sonam Wangyal. Between 1971 and 1987 he served as president and secretary of the Lamdon Model Schools. Following his tenure as Member of the Legislative Assembly, he served as Leh District Congress Committee president between 1990 and 1996. Between 1987 and 2004 he also served as Executive Director of the Leh Nutrition Project. Moreover, he is the founding secretary of the Ladakh Co-operative Transport Society. He became the president of the Ladakh District Congress Committee.

As of 2012 Samphel was a member of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

On 20 March 2014 the Congress Party declared Samphel is its candidate for the Ladakh Lok Sabha seat in the parliamentary election. He filed his nomination papers on 15 April 2014. His friend turned foe Ghulam Raza lost by 36 votes, the closest margin in the 2014 election, to Thupstan Chhewang of the Bharatiya Janata Party.