Nambaryn Enkhbayar 395031 224195510 2008-07-07T19:25:23Z Katharineamy 2590656 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/162.84.82.201|162.84.82.201]] ([[User talk:162.84.82.201|talk]]) to last version by 202.70.41.42 {{Infobox President |name = Nambaryn Enkhbayar<br><small>Намбарын Энхбаяр</small> |image = Nambaryn Enkhbayar 2005.jpg |imagesize = 91px |order = [[President of Mongolia]] |primeminister = [[Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj]]<br>[[Miyeegombyn Enkhbold]]<br>[[Sanjaagiin Bayar]] |vicepresident = |term_start = [[24 June]] [[2005]] |term_end = |predecessor = [[Natsagiin Bagabandi]] |successor = |order2 = [[Prime Minister of Mongolia]] |president2 = [[Natsagiin Bagabandi]] |deputy2 = |term_start2 = [[26 July]] [[2000]] |term_end2 = [[20 August]] [[2004]] |predecessor2 = [[Rinchinnyamyn Amarjargal]] |successor2 = [[Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|06|01|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Ulaanbaatar]], [[Mongolia]] |dead = |death_date = |death_place = |spouse = |party = [[Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party|MPRP]] }} '''Nambaryn Enkhbayar''' ({{lang-mn|Намбарын Энхбаяр}}; born [[June 1]], [[1958]], in [[Ulaanbaatar]]) is the current [[President of Mongolia|President]] of [[Mongolia]]. He took office on June 24, 2005 after winning the May 2005 elections. Enkhbayar is the ex-chairman of former communist party - Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP). Enkhbayar was the [[Prime Minister of Mongolia]] from [[2000]] until [[2004]] and Speaker of Parliament between 2004 and [[2005]]. == Education and early life == He graduated from the [[Moscow Institute of Literature]] in [[1980]] and also attended English language courses at [[University of Leeds|Leeds University]] in [[England]] in 1990s. He worked for the Mongolian Writer's Union from 1980 to [[1990]] as a translator-editor, a secretary general and a vice president. He translated [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] teachings into Mongolian. == Political career == Enkhbayar was elected as a member of the [[State Great Khural]] (the Mongolian parliament) in [[1992]] and served as minister of culture from 1992 to 1996. In 1997, he became the leader of the opposition post-communist [[Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party]], which he had joined in [[1985]]. There, he led his party to victory in [[2000]] elections. On [[26 July]] [[2000]], he was unanimously elected as the prime minister in the Parliament with 72 MPRP members out of 76 seats. He is credited with the revitalization of his party. His party lost almost half of its seats in the elections of 2004, and in [[August 2004]], he entered a [[coalition]] with opposition parties and became the Speaker of Parliament. He worked as the [[Prime Minister]] of Mongolia between [[2000]] and [[2004]]. Enkhbayar is harshly criticized because of allegations of [[Political corruption|corruption]] in his government. A large group of Mongolians have demonstrated against him and demanded his resignation.<ref>[http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=16579 The St. Petersburg Times - World - Mongolians Call For Reform<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, While serving as prime minister of Mongolia, without disclosing the details to Mongolian public, Enkhbayar suddenly settled Mongolia's controversial debt to the former [[Soviet Union]] with Russia's Prime Minister [[Mikhail Kasyanov]] on December 31, 2003 at USD 250 million. Russia now claims that they got USD 200 million from Mongolia and 50 million USD disappeared from this deal between Enkhbayar and Kasyanov. For this deal, Enkhbayar borrowed USD 50 million from Ivanhoe Mines as a government T-bond with a high interest rate. His critics believe that the Soviet Union's claims on Mongolia, which it had used as a raw material supplier, are not legitimate without reasonable records. In the [[presidential elections]] on [[May 22]], [[2005]], Enkhbayar was elected to succeed [[Natsagiin Bagabandi]] with 53.4 percent of the vote. His main rival, [[Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan]] of the Mongolian Democratic Party, collected 20 percent of the vote. == References == <references /> == External links == *[http://www.president.mn/index.php President of Mongolia] Official site {{start box}} {{s-off}} {{Succession box |title = [[Prime Minister of Mongolia]] |years = 2000 – 2004 |before = [[Rinchinnyamyn Amarjargal]] |after = [[Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj]] }} {{Incumbent succession box |title = [[President of Mongolia]] |start = 2005 |before = [[Natsagiin Bagabandi]] }} {{end box}} {{Prime Ministers of Mongolia}} {{Heads of state of Mongolia}} {{Persondata |NAME=Nambaryn Enkhbayar |ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Enkhbayar; Намбарын Энхбаяр (mongolian) |SHORT DESCRIPTION=Prime Minister of Mongolia from [[2000-07-26]] to [[2004-08-20]] and President of Mongolia from [[2005-06-24]] to the present. |DATE OF BIRTH=[[1958-06-01]] |PLACE OF BIRTH=Mongolia |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Enkhbayar, Nambaryn}} [[Category:Presidents of Mongolia]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Mongolia]] [[Category:Current national leaders]] [[Category:Mongolian politicians]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Leeds]] [[Category:Mongolian Buddhists]] [[Category:People from Ulan Bator]] [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[bg:Намбарин Енхбаяр]] [[cs:Nambaryn Enchbajar]] [[de:Nambaryn Enchbajar]] [[et:Nambarõn Enhbajar]] [[el:Ναμπαρίν Ενχμπαγιάρ]] [[es:Nambaryn Enkhbayar]] [[fr:Nambaryn Enkhbayar]] [[ko:남바린 엥흐바야르]] [[id:Nambaryn Enkhbayar]] [[it:Nambaryn Enchbajar]] [[he:נמברין אנחבאיאר]] [[lt:Nambarynas Enkbajaras]] [[ms:Nambaryn Enkhbayar]] [[mn:Намбарын Энхбаяр]] [[ja:ナンバリーン・エンフバヤル]] [[no:Nambaryn Enkhbajar]] [[pl:Nambaryn Enchbajar]] [[ru:Энхбаяр, Намбарын]] [[fi:Nambaryn Enhbajar]] [[sv:Nambaryn Enchbajar]] [[zh:那木巴尔·恩赫巴亚尔]]