Natsagiin Bagabandi

This is a Mongolian name. The given name is Bagabandi, and the name Natsag is a patronymic, not a family name.

Natsagiin Bagabandi
22nd General Secretary of the Communist Party of Mongolia
In office 7 February 1997 – 6 June 1997
President	Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat (until 1997) Himself
Premier	Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan
Preceded by	Nambaryn Enkhbayar
Succeeded by	Nambaryn Enkhbayar
2nd President of Mongolia
In office June 20th, 1997 – June 24th, 2005
General Secretary	Himself Nambaryn Enkhbayar
Preceded by	Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat
Succeeded by	Nambaryn Enkhbayar
Personal details
Born	Нацагийн Багабанди April 22, 1950 (1950-04-22) Yaruu, Zavkhan
Nationality	Mongolian
Political party	Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
Spouse(s)	A. Oyunbileg

Natsagiin Bagabandi (Mongolian: Нацагийн Багабанди) (born April 22, 1950 in Zavkhan Province) was the president of Mongolia from 1997 to 2005, and a member of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party.

He became speaker of the State Great Khural in 1992 for four years, then ran for presidential elections in 1997, winning them. He won re-election in 2001.

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.

Works

• "Address to UN General Assembly", 29 September 2003

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