Nambarun Enhbayar President of Mongolia Date of Birth: 01.06.1958 Country: Mongolia

Biography of Nambaryn Enkhbayar

Nambaryn Enkhbayar was born on June 1, 1958, in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of the Mongolian People's Republic. He attended a Russian kindergarten and school, where he learned the Russian language. Enkhbayar's parents believed that Russian education provided better quality, which is why they sent him to a Russian school. Even during his school years, Enkhbayar translated works by Sholokhov into Mongolian.

In 1975, Enkhbayar successfully passed the entrance exams and obtained a student ticket to the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow. In 1980, he graduated from the institute with a specialization in literary translation. During the 1980s and 1990s, Enkhbayar worked as an editor, translator, and head of the external relations department of the Union of Mongolian Writers. He also served as the vice-president of the Mongolian Translators' Union. In 1985-1986, Enkhbayar participated in a training course at Leeds University in the United Kingdom.

Enkhbayar joined the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) in 1985. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Mongolia underwent a democratic revolution, leading to the resignation of the entire leadership of the ruling MPRP. In 1990, Enkhbayar was appointed as the deputy chairman of the Committee for the Development of Culture and Arts of the Mongolian government. In the same year, he was elected to the Great State Khural (parliament) and served as the Minister of Culture until 1996.

In 1996, Enkhbayar became the Secretary General of the MPRP and the leader of the MPRP parliamentary faction. In 1997, he was elected as the chairman of the MPRP, succeeding Natsagiin Bagabandi, who became the president of Mongolia. Despite the party's defeat in the 1996 parliamentary elections, Enkhbayar successfully transformed the MPRP from a communist party to a social-democratic one. In 2000, the MPRP won the parliamentary elections, and Enkhbayar became the Prime Minister of Mongolia. During his tenure, he promised to continue market reforms but in a more moderate manner. His government was praised for its stability and effectiveness in the process of restructuring Mongolian society.

In May 2005, Enkhbayar won the presidential elections and became the President of Mongolia. He relinquished his position as the chairman of the MPRP. In 2008, Enkhbayar's party, the MPRP, won the parliamentary elections, leading to protests and allegations of electoral fraud from the opposition. Enkhbayar declared a state of emergency for four days to maintain order in the capital.

Enkhbayar is known for his multilingual abilities, speaking Russian and English fluently. He has been recognized with honorary doctorates from the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics and Buryat State University. Enkhbayar is a prolific translator, having translated works of world and Russian literature into Mongolian. He is also a dedicated Buddhist practitioner and has supported the construction of a large Buddha statue in Ulaanbaatar.

Enkhbayar is married to Onon Tsolmon, a graduate of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, who works at the Mongolian Agricultural University. They share a passion for poetry, painting, and classical music, with Onon being a skilled pianist. Enkhbayar and his wife have four children.