Natsagiin Bagabandi

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He was the first person to be the director of Oyu Tolgoi LLC, serving from 2010 to 2013<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and then again from 2016 to 2023.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Early life and career

Bagabandi was born on 23 April 1950 in Zavkhan, Mongolia as the 5th child of a herder family.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1979 he joined the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. He studied in Leningrad (Leningrad Technical School of the Refrigeration Industry), Ukraine (Odessa 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Circular reference He became Chairman of the State Great Khural in 1992, serving for four years.<ref name="parliament.mn">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In early 1997, he became General Secretary of the MPRP, shortly before the presidential elections, which were held in difficult conditions for the party as it had lost to the Democratic Union Coalition prior in the 1996 parliamentary election. The DUC had won 50 seats out of 76 in the State Great Khural while the MPRP had only won 25 seats.

However, Bagabandi won the 1997 presidential election with 62.53% of the vote, defeating his predecessor Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat who had won 30.65% of the vote. He became the 2nd President of Mongolia and the 1st President to be elected from the MPRP. He won re-election in 2001 with 59.19% of the vote, beating Radnaasümbereliin Gonchigdorj by a margin of 12%.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He was the first Mongolian president to win a second term.

Presidency (1997-2005)

Unstable government

In his first 4 years in office, he overlooked a total of 4 DUC prime ministers, frequent scandals and government crises. His first PM, Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan, the 18th Prime Minister of Mongolia, serving from July 1996, resigned in April 1998 due to growing tensions between him and other party leaders in the DUC.

The State Great Khural elected (61-6) the chairman of the DUC, Tsaikhiagiin Elbegdorj, arguing that the leader of the winning party in the 1996 election should be the prime minister. In 1998, following Elbegdorj's decision to sell the state-owned Reconstruction Bank to Golomt Bank, the minority MPRP called for the resignation of Elbegdorj and soon after, he lost the no confidence vote.

The DUC nominated Davaadorjiin Ganbold seven times, Galsanpuntsagiin Gankhuyag and Erdeniin Bat-Üül a couple of times to be the next PM but on each occasion, President Bagabandi rejected it<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and tried instead to secure support for his own preferred candidates, who included Dogsomyn Ganbold.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> During the ensuing government crisis, prominent figure of the 1990 Revolution and Member of Parliament, Sanjaasürengiin Zorig was assassinated in October, thousands mourned his death and to this day, the case still remains unsolved. Elbegdorj stayed in office until Janlavyn Narantsatsralt was nominated and accepted by the president in late 1998. However, Narantsatsralt was forced to resign from office in 1999 due to backlash from a controversial letter to the Russian Federation. Rinchinnyamyn Amarjargal succeeded him and served as PM for a year until the 2000 parliamentary elections.

The MPRP secured an overwhelming supermajority in the 2000 elections and won 72 seats out of 76. The DUC lost 49 seats and won only a single seat in the State Great Khural. Chairman of the MPRP, Nambaryn Enkhbayar became the 22nd Prime Minister of Mongolia and served full term. He would later on be elected to succeed Bagabandi in the 2005 presidential election, with 54.17% of the vote.<ref>People's Daily Template:Dead link</ref>

Foreign policy

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President Natsagiin Bagabandi and President Vladimir Putin signing the Ulan Bator Declaration

On 13 November 2000, President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin made a historic visit to Mongolia at the invitation of President Bagabandi, which re-strengthened the bilateral relations between the two countries.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> This was the first visit made by a Russian head of state since Leonid Brezhnev in 1974. Price of russian fuel exports to Mongolia was lowered and bilateral economic cooperation was expanded following the signing of the Ulan Bator Declaration the next day.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On 29 September 2003, President Bagabandi made an address to the 58th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. In his speech, he supported the reforms in the UN, establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones in the Korean Peninsula and among other things.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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President Bagabandi with Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers at the Mongolian Government Palace on January 13, 2004

During a period of remarkable developments in the relationship between the United States and Mongolia, Many visits and meetings between the two sides were made during Bagabandi's presidency.

One such notable visit was on July 15, 2004 when President Bagabandi made a momentous visit to the United States at the invitation of then President of the United States, George W. Bush.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During his visit, the two sides discussed about a wide range of bilateral issues from combatting global terrorism to promoting democracy and expanding trade and economic cooperation.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He also visited the Pentagon and was greeted by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers, who visited Ulaanbaatar prior in January.

Peacekeeping missions

Mongolia took extensive steps in developing its peacekeeping capabilities and by the orders of President and Commander-in-chief Bagabandi, the newly founded 150th Battalion was chosen for the preparation for peacekeeping missions.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, Mongolia became one of the 48 countries in support for the US-led "Coalition of the willing" in the US 2003 Iraq Invasion and showed remarkable commitments in peacekeeping despite its small size. This was the first active deployment made by the Mongolian Armed Forces in the 21st century.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Personal life

He is married with two children.

After the end of his presidential term, Bagabandi became a low-profile figure in politics and published several volume of books about meditation and philosophy, called "Crown Words" (Mongolian: Титэм Үгс, romanized: Titem Ügs).

Awards and honors received by Bagabandi Natsag

Country or Institution	Award	Date
Template:Flagu	Order of Genghis Khan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	13 July 2011
Template:Flagu	Order of Sukhbaatar<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	13 September 2006
Template:Flagu	Grand Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit<ref>hu:A Magyar Érdemrend nagykeresztje a nyaklánccal és az arany sugaras csillaggal</ref>	2005
Template:Flagu	Order of Friendship<ref>Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 19 апреля 2000 года № 696 «О награждении орденом Дружбы Н. Багабанди»</ref>	19 April 2000
Template:Flagu	Medal "70 Years of the Mongolian People's Revolution"	1991

Honorary degrees

Country	School	Degree	Date
Template:Flagu	Indiana University Bloomington	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2005
Template:Flagu	National Academy of Governance	Honorary Doctorate	1999
Template:Flagu	Senshu University	Honorary Doctorate	1998
Template:Flagu	Ankara University	Honorary Doctorate	1998
Template:Flagu	Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University	Honorary Doctorate	1998
Template:Flagu	Odesa National Academy of Food Technologies	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1995

Works

"Address to UN General Assembly", 29 September 2003

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Natsagiin Bagabandi

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