Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj : Ask Biography

Personal data

Date of birth

30 March 1963(age 53)

Place of birth

Zereg, Mongolia

Political party

Democratic Party

Spouse

Bolormaa Khajidsuren

Children

One daughter, four sons

Alma mater

Land Forces Military Academy
University of Colorado at Boulder
John F. Kennedy School of Government

President of Mongolia

Assumed office

18 June 2009

Prime minister

Sanjaagiin Bayar
Sükhbaataryn Batbold

Preceded by

Nambaryn Enkhbayar

Prime Minister of Mongolia

In office

23 April 1998 - 9 December 1998

President

Natsagiin Bagabandi

Succeeded by

Janlavyn Narantsatsralt

Preceded by

Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan

In office

20 August 2004 - 13 January 2006

President

Natsagiin Bagabandi
Nambaryn Enkhbayar

Succeeded by

Miyeegombyn Enkhbold

Preceded by

Nambaryn Enkhbayar

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Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj ( , Mongolian Latin alphabet: Cahiagiin Elbegdorƶ, sometimes referred to as Elbegdorj Tsakhia, born March 30, 1963) is the President of Mongolia. He won the election on May 24, 2009. The candidate of the Democratic Party, he became Mongolia's first president to never have been a member of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party and the first to obtain a Western education. Elbegdorj was one of the leaders of the peaceful democratic revolution in 1990 that ended more than 65 years of communist rule.

Elbegdorj has been the Prime Minister of Mongolia twice, the vice speaker of the Parliament of Mongolia once, the majority leader of the parliament once, and a member of parliament four times. He is known as a pro-democracy, libertarian politician. Elbegdorj is also the founder of the Ardchilal (English: Democracy) newspaper.