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Shagalyn Jadambaa () was a Mongolian military leader and

Minister of Defense of the Mongolian People's Republic The Ministry of Defence of Mongolia ( mn, script=Cyrl, Монгол Улсын Батлан хамгаалах яам) is a Ministry (government department), ministry of the Government of Mongolia. According to the Law on the Defence of Mongolia, ...

from September 1990 to July 1996. He was 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 ...

Career

He was born in 1940 in the sum of Khaliun in

Gobi-Altai Govi-Altai ( mn, Говь-Алтай / , ) is an aimag (province) in western Mongolia. Transportation The Altai Airport (LTI/ZMAT) has one paved runway and is served by regular flights to Arvaikheer, Bayankhongor and Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaa ...

. He joined the

Mongolian People's Army The Mongolian People's Army ( Mongolian: ''Монголын Ардын Арми''), also known as the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Army ( Mongolian: ''Монгол Ардын Хувьсгалт Цэрэг'') or the Mongolian Red Army ( Mong ...

at the age of 20 and began serving in the Army Chemical Protection Company. Shortly after joining the army, he graduated from the Far Eastern Higher Combined Arms Command School in

Blagoveshchensk Blagoveshchensk ( rus, Благове́щенск, p=bləgɐˈvʲeɕːɪnsk, meaning ''City of the Annunciation'') is a city and the administrative center of Amur Oblast, Russia. It is located at the confluence of the Amur and the Zeya Rivers, o ...

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. He worked as a company commander and tactical instructor at the Military University. During this time, he worked at all levels of the army. He graduated with honors from the

Frunze Military Academy The M. V. Frunze Military Academy (russian: Военная академия имени М. В. Фрунзе), or in full the Military Order of Lenin and the October Revolution, Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Academy in the name of M. V. Frunze (rus ...

and the Voroshilov Academy of the General Staff (1974-1976). He was appointed First Deputy General Staff and Chief of Operations of the People's Army in 1974, and First Deputy Chief of the First Department of the Ministry of Defense in 1979. During his training of astronauts in Moscow in 1980-1981, General Jadambaa worked with them as a representative of the Ministry of Defense. He served from 1986 to October 1990 as Chief of General Staff. after his term expired, he became defense minister, the first one in the post-communist Mongolian state. After spats between government members arose over how former party secretary

Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal ( mn, Юмжаагийн Цэдэнбал, ''Yumzhaagiin Tsedenbal'' ; russian: Юмжагийн Цэдэнбал, translit=Yumzhagyn Tsedenbal ; 17 September 1916 – 20 April 1991) was the leader of the Mongolian Peop ...

should be buried, Jadambaa ordered that he be buried with the honors of a

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instead of a marshal. His last appearance in Mongolian politics was in 1996, after which President

Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat ( mn, Пунсалмаагийн Очирбат; born 23 January 1942) is a Mongolian political figure and a current member of the Constitutional Court of Mongolia. He served as a president of Mongolia from 1990 to 1997 fir ...

awarded him with the

Order of Sukhbaatar The Order of Sukhbaatar (or Order of Suche Bator) is a state decoration of Mongolia, originally instituted on 16 May 1941. It was awarded to Mongolians and foreigners "for special services to defenses, economic and cultural construction of the Mon ...

before he retired the same year.

Personal life

His son Enkhbayar Jadamba is a three time member of parliament from the MPP, elected first in 2004 from Gobi-Altai. He is also a lawyer and businessman.

Accomplishments

Jadambaa, together with his colleagues, developed the National Security Concept of Mongolia, which was developed in the early 1990s through his leadership. In 1993, the State Great Hural approved his Law on Defense, Law on Universal Military Duty and the Legal Status of Military Servicemen. Many of his initiatives have been engrained in the modern Mongolian military.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jadambaa, Shagalyn 1940 births Living people Mongolian military personnel Ministers of Defence of Mongolia People from Govi-Altai Province Frunze Military Academy alumni Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni