Dovchinsurengiin Ganzorig

Ganzorig was born in Mongolia in 1971.[3] He graduated from the Tambov Higher Military Command Academy of Chemical Defense in 1995 and was commissioned as an infantry officer in the Mongolian Armed Forces. From 1999 to 2000, D.Ganzorig attended courses at the Chinese Special Forces School. From 2001 to 2002, he was enrolled in United States Infantry Officer Course as well as U.S. Army Ranger School. He is the first Mongolian officer to complete the United States Army Ranger School. He graduated from the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College and from the U.S. Army War College with a Master of Strategic Studies degree in 2012.[4] As a partial fulfilment of his degree, D.Ganzorig wrote a research project on "Mongolia’s Third Neighbor Policy: Impact on the Mongolian Armed Forces."[5]

From 1995 to 1997, he was a platoon commander in the 119th Armed Forces Unit, and from 1997 to 2002, was a trainer in the Special Task Battalion 150 of the Mongolian Armed Forces.[4] D.Ganzorig participated in numerous UN peacekeeping and other peace support operations such as the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, United Nations Mission in Liberia, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. From 2002 to 2003, he was deputy head of the Peace Support Operations Training Center at the Unit 311, Joint Training Center of the Mongolian Armed Forces as well as head of the center from 2008 to 2010.[4]

From 2012 to 2014, he was Chief of Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.[4] Following the resignation of Major General Ayushiin Ganbat, President Khaltmaagiin Battulga appointed D.Ganzorig to the post of Chief of the General Staff with the consent of the State Great Khural on October 4, 2019.[6][7]