Davaajantsangiin Sarangerel () (born 1963) is a former photographer, journalist and the current Member of

State Great Khural The State Great Khural, ; "State Great Assembly" is the unicameral parliament of Mongolia.Montsame News Agency. ''Mongolia''. 2006, Foreign Service office of Montsame News Agency, , p. 40 It is located in the Government Palace. History ;1 ...

and Minister of Environment and Tourism in U.Khürelsükh's Second Cabinet. She served as Minister of Health in U.Khürelsükh's First Cabinet. Sarangerel was born in

Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar (; mn, Улаанбаатар, , "Red Hero"), previously anglicized as Ulan Bator, is the capital and most populous city of Mongolia. It is the coldest capital city in the world, on average. The municipality is located in north ce ...

in 1963. After finishing her schooling in 1979, she went to Russia to study photography at the

Omsk State University Dostoevsky Omsk State University (Омский государственный университет им. Ф. М. Достоевского), usually referred to as Omsk State University (Омский государственный универ� ...

(1983). For two years, she worked with the Montsame news agency as a photographer, before receiving her degree in journalism from the Rostov University in 1990. Sarangerel pursued a career in journalism and in 1990 became a correspondent for the Mongolian state broadcaster, where she later became its editor-in-chief. During 1995–99, she served as the director of Mongolia's national news agency. Later, Sarangerel joined TV5 in 2003 and worked as its general director from 2003 to 2005. She has been elected the chair of United Confederation of Mongolian Journalists twice. A member of the

Mongolian People's Party The Mongolian People's Party (MPP) is a social democratic political party in Mongolia. It was founded as a communist party in 1920 by Mongolian revolutionaries and is the oldest political party in Mongolia. The party played an important role i ...

, Sarangerel was elected to the

for the first time in

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and after her reelection four years later was made the Health Minister in

Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh (, ; born 14 June 1968), also referred to as Khürelsükh Ukhnaa, is the 6th and current president of Mongolia, beginning his term on June 25, 2021 after winning the 2021 Mongolian presidential election. He was prime mi ...

's cabinet (2017).

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