Natsagiin Bagabandi
Natsagiin Bagabandi (Mongolian: Нацагийн Багабанди; born April 22, 1950) is a Mongolian politician and the director of Oyu Tolgoi LLC.[2] Previously, he was the President of Mongolia from 1997 to 2005, and a member of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party.[3]
Natsagiin Bagabandi | |
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Нацагийн Багабанди | |
2nd President of Mongolia | |
In office 20 June 1997 – 24 June 2005 | |
Prime Minister | Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Nambaryn Enkhbayar |
Preceded by | Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat |
Succeeded by | Nambaryn Enkhbayar |
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Party | |
In office 7 February 1997 – 6 June 1997 | |
President | Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat |
Premier | Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan |
Preceded by | Nambaryn Enkhbayar |
Succeeded by | Nambaryn Enkhbayar |
Chairman of the State Great Khural | |
In office July 1992 – July 1996 | |
Preceded by | Radnaasümbereliin Gonchigdorj of Little Khural |
Succeeded by | Radnaasümbereliin Gonchigdorj |
Personal details | |
Born | Нацагийн Багабанди April 22, 1950 Yaruu, Zavkhan, Mongolia |
Political party | Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party |
Spouse | Azadsurengiin Oyunbileg[1] |
Biography
He was born on 22 April 1950 in Zavkhan, Mongolia into a peasant family.[4] In 1979 he joined the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. He studied in Leningrad (Leningrad Technical School of the Refrigeration Industry), Ukraine (Odesa Technological Institute of the Food Industry) and Moscow (Academy of Social Sciences at the Central Committee of the CPSU), and graduated in Food engineering. In 1987, he received a doctorate in Philosophy.[5] He became Chairman of the State Great Khural, in 1992 for four years,[6] then ran for presidential elections in 1997, winning them. He won re-election in 2001.[7]
In early 1997, he became General Secretary of the MPRP, shortly before the presidential elections, which were held in difficult conditions for the party. After his victory in the 1997 presidential elections, defeating his predecessor Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, he served as president. In the presidential elections on May 22, 2005, Nambaryn Enkhbayar was elected to succeed Natsagiin Bagabandi with 53.4 percent of the vote and took office in June.[8]
Awards
- Order of Genghis Khan (2011)[9]
- Order of Sukhbaatar (September 13, 2006)[10]
- Order of Friendship (April 19, 2000)[11]
- Grand Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit (2005)[12]
Personal life
He is married with two children.
References
- Naltchayan, Joyce (July 16, 2004). "Laura Bush greets Azadsurengiin Oyunbileg, wife of President Natsagiyn Bagabandi of Mongolia, in the Yellow Oval Room Friday". White House. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- "Stocks". 11 August 2023.
- Events Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
- "Biyografi.net: Natsagin Bagabandi".
- "Нацагийн Багабанди — Википедиа нэвтэрхий толь" (in Mongolian). Mn.m.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- "УБХ, УИХ-ын дарга нарын хөрөг зураг - Мэдээллийн дэлгэрэнгүй - Parliament". www.parliament.mn.
- Europa World Year Book 2, Book 2. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
- People's Daily
- "Mongolian Armed Forces awarded the Order of Chinggis Khaan". MONTSAME News Agency. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
- "Н.Багабанди "Сүхбаатарын одон" хүртлээ". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 19 апреля 2000 года № 696 «О награждении орденом Дружбы Н. Багабанди»
- hu:A Magyar Érdemrend nagykeresztje a nyaklánccal és az arany sugaras csillaggal