Sanjaagiin Bayar

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Sanjaagiin Bayar Санжаагийн Баяр
Prime Minister of Mongolia
Incumbent
Assumed office  22 November 2007
President	Nambaryn Enkhbayar Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Deputy	Miyeegombyn Enkhbold
Preceded by	Miyeegombyn Enkhbold
Born	4 March 1956 (1956-03-04) (age 53) Ulan Bator, Mongolia
Political party	MPRP
Spouse	Orsoogiin Gereltuya (Divorced) Khashbatyn Khulan (Divorced)
Children	3 children (By Gereltuya) 1 child (By Khulan)

Sanjaagiin Bayar (Mongolian: Санжаагийн Баяр^[1]) (born 1956) is a Mongolian politician and the current Prime Minister of Mongolia.

[edit] Life

Bayar was born in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia. He is twice divorced, and has 4 children.

In 1978, he completed his law degree at the Moscow State University. From 1979 to 1983 he worked as an officer at the General Staff of Mongolia's Armed Forces. From 1983 to 1990, Bayar worked as a journalist and editor at the Montsame and Mongolpress news agencies. From 1990 to 1992 he was member of the State Baga Hural. From 1992 to 1997 he taught at the Academy of Social Sciences, studied in Washington, DC, and was director of the Mongolian Ministry of Defense's Institute for Strategic Studies. From 1997 to 2001 he was the chairman of the Mongolian Presidential office, and from 2001 to 2005 he was Mongolia's Ambassador to Russia.

[edit] Political career

Bayar joined the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) in 1988. He became General Secretary of the MPRP in 2005 and was - by 377 to 229 votes - elected Chairman of the MPRP at a party congress in October 2007, defeating incumbent Miyeegombyn Enkhbold. The same congress also voted in favor of Bayar becoming the next Prime Minister.^{[2] [3]} The Parliament approved Bayar as Prime Minister of Mongolia on 22 November 2007, with 67 votes in favor (97.1%) and two against.^[4]

He began his career as Prime Minister with verbal attacks^{[citation needed]} (speech at his appointment) against Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj and the nationalisation of the 15 % share of Mongolian companies in the Tavantolgoi mine, making it a 100% public venture, thus inducing enthusiasm of Russian companies in the large coal deposit.^[5] Most of the members of a three-party coalition government, led by Bayar and dominated by the MPRP, were approved by Parliament on December 5, 2007; the government included Bayar's predecessor, Miyeegombyn Enkhbold, as Deputy Prime Minister. This government was planned to serve until the June 2008 parliamentary election.^[6] On September 11th, 2008, following the MPRP's victory in the June parliamentary election, S. Bayar was elected as new prime minister of a coalition government between the MPRP and DP.^[7]

[edit] References

• Bayar becomes Prime Minister Onoodor newspaper (Mongolian)
• Bayar becomes Prime Minister of Mongolia The UB Post newspaper (English)

Political offices
Preceded by Miyeegombyn Enkhbold	Prime Minister of Mongolia 2007 – present	Incumbent

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