Gombojavyn Zandanshatar

In this Mongolian name, the given name is Zandanshatar. Gombojavyn is a patronymic, not a family name.
His Excellency
Gombojavyn Zandanshatar
Гомбожавын Занданшатар
Zandanshatar in 2019
32nd Prime Minister of Mongolia
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 June 2025
PresidentUkhnaagiin Khürelsükh
DeputyAmarsaikhan Sainbuyan
Togmidyn Dorjkhand
Preceded byLuvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene
Chairman of the State Great Khural
In office
1 February 2019 – 2 July 2024
Preceded byMiyeegombyn Enkhbold
Succeeded byAmarbayasgalan Dashzegve
Chief Cabinet Secretary of Mongolia
In office
4 October 2017 – 1 February 2019
Prime MinisterUkhnaagiin Khürelsükh
Preceded byJamyangiin Mönkhbat
Succeeded byLuvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
In office
September 2009 – August 2012
Prime MinisterSanjaagiin Bayar
Sükhbaataryn Batbold
Preceded bySükhbaataryn Batbold
Succeeded byLuvsanvandan Bold
Member of the State Great Khural
In office
5 July 2016 – 2 July 2024
Constituency
In office
August 2004 – August 2012
Personal details
Born (1970-03-08) 8 March 1970
Baatsagaan, Bayankhongor Province, Mongolia
Political partyMPP
Children3
EducationIrkutsk State University
Maastricht University (MA)

Gombojav Zandanshatar (Mongolian: Гомбожавын Занданшатар; born 8 March 1970) is a Mongolian politician who has been the 32nd prime minister of Mongolia since 2025. A member of the Mongolian People's Party (MPP), he served as a member and chair of the State Great Khural until he lost reelection in 2024.

Born in Baatsagaan, Zandanshatar was educated in Russia and in the Netherlands where he earned a master's degree. Between 1992 and 2003, Zandanshatar worked at banks where he served at Agricultural Bank, Khan Bank and Bank of Mongolia. Zandanshatar joined politics in 2003 and became the Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture and served until 2004 where he was elected to the State Great Khural in the parliamentary election. In 2009, Zandanshatar became the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade and served in this role until 2012 where he stood down from active politics in the 2012 parliamentary election but then returned in 2016.

In February 2019, Zandanshatar was elected the chair of the State Great Khural and served in this role until 2024 where he lost reelection. In early June 2025, Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene lost a no confidence vote and immediately resigned following mass youth-led protests agaisnt his government for corruption. Zandanshatar was then nominated prime minister by President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh to succeed Oyun-Erdene and was officially confirmed by the State Great Khural two days later on 12 June by the and was appointed the following day on 13 June.

Early life and education

Gombojav Zandanshatar was born in Baatsagaan, Mongolia, on 6 or 8 March 1970.[1][2] He graduated from Secondary School No. 77 in 1987, Irkutsk State University with a degree in financial economics after attending from 1987 to 1992,[1][3] Maastricht University with a master's degree,[2] and Russian State University of Natural Resources and Law in 2012.[1][3]

Career

Academic and banking

At the University of Finance and Economics Zandanshatar was a researcher in the Market Business Research Centre from 1992 to 1995.[3] During Zandanshatar's banking career he worked at Agricultural Bank from 1995 to 1998, was deputy director at Khan Bank from 2000 to 2003, and Bank of Mongolia.[3][4] From 2014 to 2016, he was a visiting scholar at Stanford University.[5] He was chair of the Mongolian Chess Federation.[1]

State Great Khural

From 2003 to 2004, Zandanshatar was Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture of Mongolia.[3] From 2009 to 2012, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade.[3][6] He served as Cabinet Secretariat of Government of Mongolia from 2017 to 2019.[3]

In the 2004 election Zandanshatar was elected to the State Great Khural.[3] During his tenure in the State Great Khural he was chairman from 2019 to 2024.[3][7] He lost reelection in the 2024 election.[5] He was secretary-general of the Mongolian People's Party (MPP) from 2012 to 2013.[3]

Prime Minister

Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene resigned on 3 June 2025, in response to protests regarding the lavish spending of his son and after losing a motion of no confidence.[8] Gombojav was selected by a vote of 108 to 9 to replace Oyun-Erdene on 12 June.[5]

Personal life

Zandanshatar can speak English and Russian.[3] He is married and is the father of three children.[1]

Political positions

Gombojav stated that the 2025 budget needs to be reduced by $640 million.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  2. ^ a b Permanent representative to the United Nations.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k State Great Khural.
  4. ^ Stanford University.
  5. ^ a b c d Mongolia gets a new prime minister who pledged to address the economic demands of protesters 2025.
  6. ^ Martinovich 2017.
  7. ^ Mongolian president's chief of staff appointed as new PM 2025.
  8. ^ Bodeen 2025.

Works cited

News

  • "Mongolia gets a new prime minister who pledged to address the economic demands of protesters". Associated Press. 13 June 2025. Archived from the original on 24 June 2025.
  • "Mongolian president's chief of staff appointed as new PM". Xinhua News Agency. 13 June 2025. Archived from the original on 24 June 2025.
  • Bodeen, Christopher (3 June 2025). "Resource-rich Mongolia faces political uncertainty after the prime minister resigns". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 24 June 2025.

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