Gombojavyn Zandanshatar
Gombojavyn Zandanshatar | |
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| Гомбожавын Занданшатар | |
Zandanshatar in 2019 | |
| Prime Minister of Mongolia | |
| Assumed office 13 June 2025 | |
| President | Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh |
| Preceded by | Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene |
| Chair of the State Great Khural | |
| In office 1 February 2019 – 2 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Miyeegombyn Enkhbold |
| Succeeded by | Amarbayasgalan Dashzegve |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary of Mongolia | |
| In office 4 October 2017 – 2 February 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh |
| Preceded by | Jamyangiin Mönkhbat |
| Succeeded by | Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade | |
| In office September 2009 – August 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Sanjaagiin Bayar Sükhbaataryn Batbold |
| Preceded by | Sükhbaataryn Batbold |
| Succeeded by | Luvsanvandan Bold |
| Member of the State Great Khural | |
| In office 5 July 2016 – 2 July 2024 | |
| Constituency |
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| In office 2004–2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 March 1970 Baatsagaan, Bayankhongor Province, Mongolia |
| Political party | Mongolian People's Party |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Irkutsk State University Maastricht University (MA) |
Gombojav Zandanshatar (Mongolian: Гомбожавын Занданшатар; 6 or 8 March 1970) is a Mongolian politician who has been the Prime Minister of Mongolia since 2025. A member of the Mongolian People's Party, he served as a member and chair of the State Great Khural until he lost reelection in 2024.
Early life and education
Gombojav Zandanshatar was born in Baatsagaan, Mongolia, on 6 or 8 March 1970.[1][2] He graduated from Secondary School No. 77 in 1987, Irkutsk State University with a degree in financial economics after attending from 1987 to 1992,[1][3] Maastricht University with a master's degree,[2] and Russian State University of Natural Resources and Law in 2012.[1][3]
Career
Academic and banking
At the University of Finance and Economics Zandanshatar was a researcher in the Market Business Research Centre from 1992 to 1995.[3] During Zandanshatar's banking career he worked at Agricultural Bank from 1995 to 1998, was deputy director at Khan Bank from 2000 to 2003, and Bank of Mongolia.[3][4] From 2014 to 2016, he was a visiting scholar at Stanford University.[5] He was chair of the Mongolian Chess Federation.[1]
State Great Khural
From 2003 to 2004, Zandanshatar was Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture of Mongolia.[3] From 2009 to 2012, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade.[3][6] He served as Cabinet Secretariat of Government of Mongolia from 2017 to 2019.[3]
In the 2004 election Zandanshatar was elected to the State Great Khural.[3] During his tenure in the State Great Khural he was chairman from 2019 to 2024.[3][7] He lost reelection in the 2024 election.[5] He was secretary-general of the Mongolian People's Party (MPP) from 2012 to 2013.[3]
Prime Minister
Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene resigned on 3 June 2025, in response to protests regarding the lavish spending of his son and after losing a motion of no confidence.[8] Gombojav was selected by a vote of 108 to 9 to replace Oyun-Erdene on 12 June.[5]
Personal life
Zandanshatar can speak English and Russian.[3] He is married and is the father of three children.[1]
Political positions
Gombojav stated that the 2025 budget needs to be reduced by $640 million.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- ^ a b Permanent representative to the United Nations.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k State Great Khural.
- ^ Stanford University.
- ^ a b c d Mongolia gets a new prime minister who pledged to address the economic demands of protesters 2025.
- ^ Martinovich 2017.
- ^ Mongolian president's chief of staff appointed as new PM 2025.
- ^ Bodeen 2025.
Works cited
News
- "Mongolia gets a new prime minister who pledged to address the economic demands of protesters". Associated Press. 13 June 2025. Archived from the original on 24 June 2025.
- "Mongolian president's chief of staff appointed as new PM". Xinhua News Agency. 13 June 2025. Archived from the original on 24 June 2025.
- Bodeen, Christopher (3 June 2025). "Resource-rich Mongolia faces political uncertainty after the prime minister resigns". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 24 June 2025.
Web
- "Гомбожавын Занданшатар". State Great Khural. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022.
- "Gombojavyn Zandanshatar". Stanford University. Archived from the original on 24 June 2025.
- "Gombojav, ZANDANSHATAR". Permanent representative to the United Nations. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012.
- "Minister". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012.
- Martinovich, Milenko (2 May 2017). "Collaboration at Stanford leads to Mongolian parliament passing law on public opinion polling". Stanford University. Archived from the original on 24 June 2025.