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Nobody has the right to change court rulings. Despite much criticism from domestic conservative politicians, the opposition, and critics, Elbegdorj's decision was positively received internationally. Amnesty International noted "President Elbegdorj's actions demonstrate commitment to the protection of human rights and set a good example for other Asian countries in the region," on 18 February Finally, inthe Mongolian parliament amended a law to join the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rightsmaking Mongolia a state party to the convention and reinforcing the country's commitment to the abolition of capital punishment.

For the 6th World Congress Against the Death Penalty [ ] in JunePresident Elbegdorj sent a video message in which he stands up against capital punishment and shares his views and taken actions to fully abolish death penalty in Mongolia. About foreign policy, "Mongolia shall remain an active member of the international community and shall actively cooperate in addressing regional and global challenges," Elbegdorj emphasized in his inaugural address for his first term as President of Mongolia on 18 June Moreover, he noted that Mongolia shall foster and expand cooperation with the country's two neighbours and "third neighbours," in the same address.

To strengthen the relations with the countries of the European Union President Elbegdorj addressed the European Parliament in Strasbourg, in June Mongolia will be a strategic anchor for the EU in the East, helping advance our shared values and interests, and for building peace, democracy and engagement in Asia. Elbegdorj reiterated "Mongolia shall continue her open and pro-active engagement and cooperation at the regional and international fora," "Mongolia shall continue her constructive cooperation with other countries and international organizations.

We shall work to promote mutually beneficial and constructive decisions in bilateral relations with our neighbours in infrastructure, investment, trade, transit transport and other pending issues," in his inaugural address for his second term as president on 10 July As commander-in-chief of the Mongolian Armed ForcesElbegdorj supports Mongolia's commitment and participation in United Nations Peacekeeping operations.

Elbegdorj visited South Sudan to encourage Mongolian soldiers on 15 February In addition, as an active member of the UN peacekeeping missions, "Mongolia stands committed to enhancing its contribution, including through hosting training for civil police and medical personnel at its training centre," Elbegdorj stated at the General Debate of the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly on 28 September Analysing the role of peacekeeping in Mongolia's military strategy, Christopher Pultz mentions in his article the related "third neighbours" policy of the President: "Mongolia is developing a unique military strategy that attempts to balance conventional and peacekeeping capabilities.

Having moved away from its previous security arrangements with Russia, Mongolia now pursues a foreign elbegdorj biography channel that will facilitate global engagement while allowing the country to maintain its sovereignty, national identity, and diplomatic freedom of maneuver through a "third neighbor" policy. Elbegdorj has committed Mongolia to be nuclear-free and a nuclear free world as a principal component of his foreign policy agenda.

The United Nations Security Council recognized Mongolia's nuclear-weapon-free status on 17 September despite the fact that it cannot join one of the World's Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zones, in part, because of the country's close proximity to nuclear-armed states Russia and China. Elbegdorj made international headlines in after being the first world leader invited to visit the Iranian nuclear facility in Natanz.

After his visit, he stressed "the program has to be transparent to the world; in particular, the program must be under permanent supervision of the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Iran's nuclear program must not endanger or cause threat to the interests and security of regional peace as well as of any other nation.

Mongolia remains committed to safeguarding her nuclear free status, supported by the special UN resolutions. Mongolia will seek to contribute to securing universal peace by fully banning nuclear weapons in East Asia and the world at large. Opposing to storing nuclear waste in Mongolia, Elbegdorj said "We About foreign investment policy, Elbegdorj stated "I stand open to cooperate with responsible, transparent and law-obedient investors aligned with the development interests of Mongolia," in his inaugural address for his second term [ ] as the country's president on 10 July Furthermore, while speaking about judicial reforms [ ] to protect domestic and foreign investors, Elbegdorj said "Our goal is to change it from a system that elbegdorj biographies channel those in power to one that serves the public.

It is important to note that when we say 'the people' we are also referring to our foreign investment partners. It was the first multi-stakeholder meeting in the mineral resource rich country focusing on determining the key stakeholders for negotiating mineral development agreements, and decision-making authorities in the licensing negotiation process; transparency issues in the negotiation process; issues related to land tenure, royalties and taxes; reopening and renegotiation of mineral agreements; dispute resolution mechanisms; and revenue distribution, work force and community development.

He highlighted "Supporting sustainable development and making the minerals sector beneficial to the people and the country's development, while working in good cooperation with foreign investors, and making the government's operations transparent to the public are some of the issues of utmost concern for countries such as ours.

The auction of a nearly complete dinosaur's skeleton [ ] eight feet tall and 24 feet long [ ] rare Tarbosaurus T. The dinosaur fossil dealer pleaded guilty and faced a sentence of up to 17 years in prison in the USA. Elbegdorj's presidential actions have focused on advocating anti-corruption measures. The worst theft is corruption which damages people's common rights and liberties I am convinced that fighting corruption must be one of the most important duties of the Mongolian State today," Elbegdorj noted.

In September Elbegdorj replaced the Community Council of Independent Authority Against Corruption IAAC formed by former President Nambaryn Enkhbayar which included sports and music stars and supreme clergy while expressing his dissatisfaction with its investigation of petty corruption instead of political level corruption. To create a dialogue among different stakeholders in the natural resources and mining community to stop corruption Elbegdorj opened a roundtable in Ulaanbaatar in collaboration with the World Economic Forum 's Partnering Against Corruption Initiative PACI in March The meeting brought together top executives of Mongolian industries and NGOs to discuss anti-corruption initiatives in Mongolia.

Elbegdorj sees Chinggis Khaan also referred to as Genghis Khan as a leader from whom to learn for anti-corruption efforts. He said that Genghis Khan sought equal protection under the law for all citizens regardless of status or wealth. He was a man who knew that good laws and rules lived longer than fancy palaces," Elbegdorj highlighted in his speech [ ] on the th anniversary of Chinggis Khaan's birth.

We cannot afford to let Mongolia's future be tortured by corrupt officials for another year, another decade We must put an end to this," [ ] Elbegdorj pointed out in his first inaugural address. Thus under Elbegdorj's presidency, embezzlement and corruption cases amounting from millions to hundreds of millions of dollars, ranging from misappropriation of state properties and assets such as a printing factory, buildings, funds and taxes have been tried and the courts convicted high level statesmen including a former president of Mongolia, [ ] [ ] a former chairman of Mineral Resources Authority, ex-chairmen of state owned Mongolian Airlines MIAT and their allies.

Mongolia's corruption perception ranking reduced by 26 places in one year from to comparing to the th place to the 94th according to Transparency International. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton applauded Elbegdorj and Mongolia on the country's democratic progress and efforts to end corruption in her speech [ ] at the International Women's Leadership Forum in Ulaanbaatar on 9 July By the Constitution of Mongolia, the President of Mongolia appoints the elbegdorj biographies channel and judges of all levels of courts of Mongolia.

Those laws were designed to ensure the impartiality of judges and justices and created a merit-based system for the selection of new judges and justices. In addition, the judicial reform allows citizens' representatives to participate in court hearings and trials and requires that all judicial decisions be placed on the Internet open to the public.

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon highly appreciates Elbegdorj's contribution to the international community's efforts for ensuring sustainable development and keeping climate change issues under control, as he emphasized in his congratulatory note to Elbegdorj for his re-election as President of Mongolia on 2 July Elbegdorj declared a day as Tree Planting Day by decree on 4 April [ ] and has been organizing a tree planting campaign around the country.

Many non-governmental organizations and social networks support Elbegdorj's call to plant trees. In addition, his policy includes an environmentally friendly policy in the mining industry. At the invitation of Elbegdorj, the World Economic Forum -Water Resources Group and Office of the President of Mongolia co-organized the Water Secure Future in Mongolia conference in Ulaanbaatar on 3 June in which over government officials, parliamentarians, civil society and private sector representatives participated to find ways to safeguard Mongolia's scarce water resources in the context of its rapid economic growth.

They discussed water use in the mining, agricultural and municipal sectors, shared case studies of international good practice for boosting water efficiency and ways of safeguarding Mongolia's water supplies. Elbegdorj defined the purpose of the alliance by saying [ ] "Managing our future water needs is key to sustaining Mongolia's economic growth.

We must ensure fast and effective implementation of our National Water Plan. We will benefit from the international networks and experience of the Water Resources Group to help us do so. He delivered remarks at the Conference. Heads of State and Governments of countries, and more than 50 thousand representatives of civil society and private sector have gathered for the Climate Change Conference which will be held in Le Bourget, from 30 November — 11 December On 20 MayElbegdorj issued a decree that directed the government to provide financial support to Mongolian students to study at the world's top universities.

By the implementation of the decree, Mongolian students accepted at the world's top 20 universities will receive funding from the government regardless of their major, and those accepted at the world's top universities will be financed by the government if their major is included in the government's preferred profession list. Elbegdorj vetoed a section of a law amendment that would have increased his salary; in return, he submitted a bill to the Parliament to give allowance as salary from the government to all Mongolian students studying in Mongolia.

Elbegdorj was a member of the board of directors of the "Young Leader" foundation of Mongolia in — and a member of the director's board of the Mongolian Academy of Political Education in — Elbegdorj has been calling for a curb on the abuse of alcohol in Mongolia. Under his auspices and in collaboration with his office, civil society and non-governmental organizations organized many activities such as the Alcohol-Free Mongolia campaign, [ ] Elbegdorj banned the use of all alcoholic beverages at state dinners and state ceremonies under his name.

The award honours the public health leadership of a country leader and it is the elbegdorj biography channel award for alcohol control in the Western Pacific Region. When Mongolia's population officially reached 3 million with the birth of a baby girl in Umnugobi province in FebruaryPresident Elbegdorj welcomed the news with a cheer, personally calling the parents to congratulate the new-born citizen.

As a symbol of unity and harmony, Elbegdorj requested that the girl be named Mongoljin. On 23 Septemberduring the Russian invasion of Ukraine and following the start of the Russian mobilizationElbegdorj published a video address in YouTubewhere he criticised the invasion and urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to "stop this senseless killing and destruction.

Elbegdorj also claimed that BuryatsTuvansand Kalmyks are "used as nothing more than cannon fodder", and that Mongolia is ready to shelter refugees fleeing Russia to avoid the military draft. He praised the "brave people" of Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelensky. In response to Vladmir Putin's usage of former administrative boundaries as a justification of the Russo-Ukrainian War, Elbegdorj tweeted "After Putin's talk, I found [a] Mongolian historic map", linking maps of modern-day Russia being included in the lands of the Mongol Empire.

Included in his tweet was a humorous clarification that Mongolia would not invade Russia, because Mongolia is "a peaceful and free nation. Elbegdorj said: "Today our world faces multiple crises. A common thread runs through them all: failure of leadership. We need a collective response rooted in the spirit and values of the UN Charter that can put us back on a pathway to peaceful co-existence and sustainable development.

Since stepping down from the presidency, Elbegdorj has been vocal about Mongolia's future of democracy and a market economy. Elbegdorj met Khajidsuren Bolormaa at a Mongolian students' party in LvivUkraine when they were students. After their marriage in Ulaanbaatartheir first son was born in Lviv, Ukraine. They helped over orphans through their Bolor Foundation.

They adopted twenty children from the state-run Orphan Care Center orphanage in Ulaanbaatar after being the children's patrons for some time. Elbegdorj became the first president to dive to the bottom of the world's deepest lake, Baikalin the Mir-1 mini-submersible on 16 July Due to being president, in Elbegdorj asked his elder brother Arslandorj to give up his new position as a director of City Landscaping Department of Ulaanbaatar City though Arslandorj had worked there for more than 20 years before his brother's presidency.

Long-time Democratic Party member Arslandorj quit his career at his brother's request. Arlsandorj is upset about stopping his professional career due to his brother's top political position. Arslandorj said: "As a brother, I followed to protect and helped Elbegdorj in difficult times, when Elbegdorj was facing life threatening risks during his co-organizing and co-leading the Mongolian democratic revolution.

Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikimedia Commons Wikiquote Wikidata item. President of Mongolia from to In this Mongolian namethe given name is Elbegdorj. Tsakhia is a patronymicnot a family name. Natsagiin Bagabandi Nambaryn Enkhbayar.

Early life and education [ edit ]. Army and studies in the USSR [ edit ]. Harvard Kennedy School [ edit ]. Leading democratic movement [ edit ]. Journalism career [ edit ]. Legislative career [ edit ]. Prime minister [ edit ]. First term as prime minister [ edit ]. Second term as prime minister [ edit ]. Reaction to election result [ edit ].

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Inauguration [ edit ]. Democracy and human rights [ edit ]. Presidency of the Community of Democracies [ edit ]. Advocating democracy and human rights [ edit ]. Direct democracy and civic participation [ edit ]. Women's rights [ edit ]. Abolition of capital punishment [ edit ]. Foreign policy [ edit ]. Participation in UN Peacekeeping operations [ edit ].

Nuclear-free status [ edit ]. Foreign investment policy [ edit ]. Dinosaur fossil return [ edit ]. Domestic policy [ edit ]. Anti-corruption [ edit ]. Judicial reform [ edit ]. Environmental protection [ edit ]. Smart Government [ edit ]. Supporting education [ edit ]. Campaign to stop alcoholism [ edit ]. Naming 3 millionth citizen [ edit ].

Post-presidency [ edit ]. Family and personal life [ edit ]. Awards and honors received by Elbegdorj Tsakhia [ edit ]. Honorary degrees [ edit ]. References [ edit ]. Notes [ edit ]. Citations [ edit ]. Retrieved 7 January Elbegdorj's work evaluated and "task" was given to him to finish what he began to implement". In office, Elbegdorj prioritized strengthening the rule of law in Mongolia, fostering social justice, fighting poverty, combating corruption, supporting environmental sustainability, and advancing vibrant participatory democracy.

He has also initiated and led many social, economic, and governance reforms. Others Born in Go to all Rankings. Others born in Mongolia Go to all Rankings. Mongolian born Politicians Go to all Rankings. Elbegdorj has been serving as the President of Mongolia for two terms and served as the Prime Minister of Mongolia twice. He was one of the elbegdorj biography channel leaders of the Mongolian democratic revolution that ended 70 years of Communist rule in Mongolia.

Elbegdorj has been called by Mongolian supporters the "Golden Swallow of Democracy," alluding to a bird that comes with spring sunshine after a long, harsh winter. Also he co-drafted the country's constitution that guaranteed democracy and market economy. Elbegdorj is the founder of Ardchilal newspaper - the country's first independent newspaper and helped to establish the first independent television station in Mongolia.

His tenure has focused on fighting corruption, environmental protection, women's rights, judicial reform, increase of public participation in decision making, post-Soviet social and economic reforms including the liberalization of economic policies, privatizing livestock and apartments, and abolition of the death penalty. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.