Altanochir
(1887 – ?), also known under the Chinese name of Jin Yongchang (), was an

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...

n politician under the

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and the Mengjiang government.

Career

When Altanochir was in his youth, he was one of a small number of Mongolian students sent to Japan under the sponsorship of Prince

Gungsangnorbu Gungsangnorbu (1871 – 1930) was an Inner Mongolian jasagh and politician of the Republic of China. Some scholars describe him as a moderate, progressive moderniser caught between the influence of conservative older leaders and young radicals. ...

of Right

Harqin Banner Harqin Banner ( Mongolian: ''Qaračin qosiɣu''; ) is a banner of southeastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Chifeng Chifeng ( zh, s=赤峰市), also known as Ulanhad ( mn, (Улаанхад ...

. He would go on to become a member of the

Inner Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party The Inner Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party ( mn, Дотоод Монголын Ардын Хувьсгалын Нам, Dotoγadu Mongγol-un Arad-un Qubisqal-un Nam; ) was a political party in Inner Mongolia. The party was founded by a numb ...

. He would go on to join the Mengjiang government in 1937, and rose to the position of Minister of Communications in 1939. He also served as first head of the Mongolian Cultural Centre (蒙古文化館) in

Hohhot Hohhot,; abbreviated zh, c=呼市, p=Hūshì, labels=no formerly known as Kweisui, is the capital of Inner Mongolia in the north of the People's Republic of China, serving as the region's administrative, economic and cultural center.''The Ne ...

. In September 1939, he was succeeded by Idchin (伊德欽) in that position, and became rector of the Mongolian Academy (蒙古學院). Altanochir was known to have remained in

mainland China "Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. ...

following the establishment of the

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in 1949, but his fate after that point is unknown. His son Togtakhu (托克托琥) was active in the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

, and went on to teach at the Mongolian and Tibetan School in

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* * * * *{{citation, title=''最新支那要人伝'' — Newest Biographies of Important Figures in China, publisher=朝日新聞社 — Asahi Shimbun Company, year=1941, oclc=23310651, ref=CITEREFAsahi_Shimbun1941 1887 births Year of death missing Date of death missing Mengjiang Chinese people of Mongolian descent People from Chifeng Republic of China politicians from Inner Mongolia Mongolian collaborators with Imperial Japan