Natsagiin Bagabandi

Natsagiin Bagabandi (Mongolian: Нацагийн Багабанди; born April 22, 1950) is a Mongolian politician and the Director of Oyu Tolgoi LLC.[2]


Natsagiin Bagabandi
Нацагийн Багабанди
2nd President of Mongolia
In office
20 June 1997  24 June 2005
Prime MinisterMendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Nambaryn Enkhbayar
Preceded byPunsalmaagiin Ochirbat
Succeeded byNambaryn Enkhbayar
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Party
In office
7 February 1997  6 June 1997
PresidentPunsalmaagiin Ochirbat
PremierMendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan
Preceded byNambaryn Enkhbayar
Succeeded byNambaryn Enkhbayar
Chairman of the State Great Khural
In office
July 1992  July 1996
Preceded byRadnaasümbereliin Gonchigdorj of Little Khural
Succeeded byRadnaasümbereliin Gonchigdorj
Personal details
Born
Нацагийн Багабанди

(1950-04-22) April 22, 1950
Yaruu, Zavkhan, Mongolia
NationalityMongolian
Political partyMongolian People's Party
Spouse(s)Azadsurengiin Oyunbileg[1]

Previously, he was the President of Mongolia from 1997 to 2005, and a member of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party.[3]

Biography

He was born on 22 April, 1950 in Zavkhan, Mongolia.[4] He studied in Leningrad, Ukraine and Moscow, and graduated in Food engineering. In 1987, he received a doctorate in Philosophy.[5]

He became speaker of the legislature, 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 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]

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References

Party political offices
Preceded by
Nambaryn Enkhbayar
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Mongolia
1997
Succeeded by
Nambaryn Enkhbayar
Political offices
Preceded by
Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat
President of Mongolia
1997–2005
Succeeded by
Nambaryn Enkhbayar
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