Khajidsuren Bolormaa, or Khajidsurengiin Bolormaa, (; born January 18, 1965) is a Mongolian

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, as well as a healthcare and children's rights advocate, who served as the First Lady of Mongolia from 2009 to 2017. Bolormaa is the wife of former

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Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj (, ''Cahiagín Elbegdorj'' ; also referred to as Mongolyin Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj and Tsakhia Elbegdorj; born 30 March 1963) is a Mongolian politician who served as President of Mongolia from 2009 to 2017. He previously ser ...

. In 2006, Bolormaa founded the Bolor Foundation, which cares for

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in Mongolia.

Biography

Bolormaa was born on January 18, 1965, 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 ...

, Mongolia. She graduated high school in Mongolia. She then enrolled at Lviv State University in

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, Ukrainian S.S.R. (present-day

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), from 1983 to 1988 to study geochemistry. Bolormaa met her future husband,

, while both were students living in

. The couple married and had their first son, who was born in Lviv. They have returned to Mongolia in 1988. Khajidsurengiin Bolormaa worked as a

for the government-run Central Geological Laboratory of Mongolia. She then established and opened Ankh-Erdene, a private

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focusing on

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and the Mongolia's

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. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj was elected president in

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, making Bolormaa the First Lady of Mongolia. Elbegdorj was re-elected in 2013. In March 2010, First Lady Bolormaa established the Hope Cancer-free Mongolia National Foundation to improve cancer treatment services in the country. She called for increased cooperation between 38 Asian First Ladies Scientific Forum: Interview with Khajidsuren Bolormaa
/ref> to fight cancer on the continent, especially among women. The foundation retrained Mongolian doctors, nurses and other staff at both domestic and international medical facilities between 2010 and 2013.

References

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