Zandaakhüügiin Enkhbold

Zandaakhüügiin Enkhbold (Mongolian: Зандаахүүгийн Энхболд, born May 23, 1966 in Ulaanbaatar) was the chairman or speaker of the State Great Khural from 2012 to 2016.[1] He spent his childhood in Selenge Province. He was educated at Ural State University in Russia as an electrical engineer with a concentration on automation and telemetry from 1984 to 1989. Later, he earned a diploma of law from the National University of Mongolia in 1996 and graduated with an IMBA from the University of Denver in 2004.

This is a Mongolian name. The given name is Enkhbold, and Zandaakhüü is a patronymic, not a family name.
Zandaakhüügiin Enkhbold
Зандаахүүгийн Энхболд
Zandaakhüügiin Enkhbold in 2015
Chairman of The State Great Khural
In office
August 2012 – June 2016
PresidentTsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Preceded byDamdiny Demberel
Succeeded byMiyeegombyn Enkhbold
Leader of the Democratic Party
In office
2014–2016
Preceded byNorovyn Altankhuyag
Succeeded bySodnomzunduin Erdene
Head of President's Office of Mongolia
Assumed office
10 July 2017
PresidentKhaltmaagiin Battulga
Preceded byPuntsagiin Tsagaan
Personal details
Born (1966-05-23) 23 May 1966
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Political partyDemocratic Party
Alma materUral State Technical University
National University of Mongolia
University of Denver
WebsiteOfficial website

Although he joined the pro-democracy movement in late 1989 and the Mongolian Social Democratic Party in 1990, Enkhbold emerged on the political scene in 1996 when he was appointed as the Chairman of State Property Committee, the government agency responsible for the administration of the privatization process in Mongolia.

After electoral defeat in 2000, Enkhbold was elected as secretary-general of the Democratic Party (Mongolia) (DP). However, he resigned from his post after the DP lost the 2001 presidential election. Enkhbold assumed his seat in parliament from Övörkhangai Province in 2005. He was one of three sponsors of the controversial Windfall Profits Tax that was abolished when the Mongolian government signed an Investment Agreement for the Oyu Tolgoi mine. During his third parliamentary term, he served as the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Security and Foreign Policy from 2008-2011.

Enkhbold has been perceived and has maintained his image as a brave, honest, and disinterested politician. Unlike most leaders in the DP, he has been much less involved in deals between the DP and the Mongolian People's Party (MPP) since 2004 and did not serve as a cabinet member in the coalition governments of 2004 and 2008. Moreover, Enkhbold has often come to public attention through his questions and statements about misconduct of politicians, often including fellow DP members.

In 2012, Enkhbold founded “Shonkhor” (Falcon), an influential faction within the DP. Enkhbold was a co-author of the new parliamentary election law of early 2012 that introduced a mix of majoritarian districts and proportional representation, a women's quota for candidates, electronic counting of ballots, and more stringent requirements for candidates and party platforms.

In the June 2012 election, the DP listed him second on its proportional representation party list. Following the DP victory he has become Speaker of Parliament.

He was unseated in the June 2016 election.[2]

References
  1. "УБХ, УИХ-ын дарга нарын хөрөг зураг - Мэдээллийн дэлгэрэнгүй - Parliament". www.parliament.mn.
  2. Edwards, Terrence (30 June 2016). "Mongolian opposition wins landslide, voters fed up with hard times". Reuters. Retrieved 16 July 2016.


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