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President of Mongolia from 1997 to 2005
Natsagiin Bagabandi
(
Mongolian
:
Нацагийн Багабанди
; born April 22, 1950) is a Mongolian politician and the director of
Oyu Tolgoi LLC
.
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Previously, he was the
President of Mongolia
from 1997 to 2005, and a member of the
Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
.
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Biography
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He was born on 22 April 1950 in Zavkhan, Mongolia into a peasant family.
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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
.
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He became
Chairman of the State Great Khural
, in 1992 for four years,
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then ran for presidential elections in 1997, winning them. He won re-election in 2001.
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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.
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Awards
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Personal life
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He is married with two children.
Works
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1990?present
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