Nyamaagiin Enkhbold ( mn, Нямаагийн Энхболд; born 6 January 1957) is a Mongolian politician who is a

member of parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

and the president of Mongolian Red Cross Society since 2010. He was the Foreign Minister of Mongolia from 2006 to 2007 and was Defense Minister of Mongolia from October 2017 to July 2020. He was elected continuously 4 times as a Member of the

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 ...

representing the

Töv Province Töv ( mn, Төв, , ; "central") is one of the 21 Aimags of Mongolia, aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. The national capital Ulaanbaatar is located roughly at its center, but the city itself is administrated as an independent municipality. Geogr ...

Early life

He was born in early 1957 in

Uliastai Uliastai ( mn, Улиастай; ), also spelled Uliyasutai or Oulia-Sontai, and sometimes known as Javkhlant, is a city in Mongolia located in the western part of the country and from the capital Ulaanbaatar. Uliastai is the capital of Zavkhan P ...

. He finished high school in 1974 and started studying in Moscow Higher School of Publishing. He earned an undergraduate diploma in 1979 majoring in economics. From 1979 to 1980, he worked as an economist at the Ministry of Culture. From 1980 to 1986, Enkhbold worked as a senior specialist at the Planning Department of Ministry of Culture. In 1986, he became a deputy director at the States Printing House. Three years later, he got promoted as a Director of "Mongol Khevlel" State corporation. In 1990, he studied

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at Political Institute of

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. From 1993 to 1995, Enkhbold worked as an Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia. From 1997 to 2000, he worked as a Head of the Media and Public relations Department at the Office of the

President of Mongolia The president of Mongolia ( mn, Монгол Улсын Ерөнхийлөгч, ''Mongol Ulsyn Yerönkhiilögch'') is the executive head of state of Mongolia.Montsame News Agency. ''Mongolia''. 2006, , p. 42 The current president is Ukhnaagiin ...

. In 1997, he earned graduate diploma in public policy at the

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Political career

Since 2000, Enkhbold has been elected five times as a member of the State Great Khural) representing

. From 2006 to 2007, he served as a Foreign Minister of Mongolia, during presidency of

Nambaryn Enkhbayar Nambaryn Enkhbayar ( mn, Намбарын Энхбаяр; born 1 June 1958) is a Mongolian politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Mongolia from 2000 to 2004, as Speaker of the Parliament from 2004 to 2005, and as President of Mongolia ...

. The following year, he became the Chief of the Cabinet Secretariat. From 2008 to 2012, Enkhbold worked as a Vice Speaker of State Great Khural. From 2012 to 2013, he worked as a Head 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 ...

Group at the Parliament. In 2010, Enkhbold became the President of Mongolian Red Cross Society.

Gallery

File:Министр обороны России провел в Улан-Баторе 01.jpg, Enkhbold with

Sergey Shoigu Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu, ; tyv, Сергей Күжүгет оглу Шойгу, translit=Sergey Kyzhyget oglu Shoygu, . (russian: Сергей Кужугетович Шойгу; born 21 May 1955) is a Russian politician who has served as ...

in October 2018. File:Acting Secretary of Defense meets with Minister of Defence for Mongolia 190402-D-SV709-109.jpg, Enkhbold with Patrick Shanahan at

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in April 2019. File:The Defence Minister of Mongolia, Mr. Enkhbold Nyamaa inspecting the Tri-Services Guard of Honour, in New Delhi on March 08, 2018.jpg, Enkhbold inspecting the

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, March 2018.

References

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