Baabar (; born Bat-Erdeniin Batbayar [] in Tsetserleg (city), Tsetserleg, Arkhangai, in 1954) is a Mongolian retired politician, political analyst and writer.

Education

*1972 Graduated from a high school in Ulan-Bator *1972–1973 Attended a preparatory course at the

Mongolian State University The National University of Mongolia ( mn, Монгол Улсын Их Сургууль, ''Mongol Ulsyn Ikh Surguuli'', abbreviated ''NUM'' or ''MUIS'') is a public university primarily located in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Established in 1942, it is ...

*1973–1980 Studied at the Jagiellonian University,

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

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until he was transferred to

which he graduated in 1981 majoring in

biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...

. *1987–1989 Studied at the

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

. *1990 Scholarship at The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine,

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

Career

Baabar worked at the Microbiological Research and Production Center as a Researcher in 1981–1991 until he became the Leader of the

Mongolian Social Democratic Party The Mongolian Social Democratic Party ( mn, Монголын Социал Демократ Нам, , sometimes also referred to as ''Sotsdek nam'') is a political party in Mongolia. It was founded in 1990 by Bat-Erdeniin Batbayar. Other prominen ...

. He resigned as the Leader of the Mongolian Social Democratic Party in 1994. Baabar was elected to the State Great Hural of Mongolia in 1996. From 1998 to 1999, he was

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

. After being defeated at the 2004 parliamentary election, he worked as Foreign Policy Advisor to

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

in 2004–2005. Since 2006, he has been running Nepko Publishing Company. In 2009, he was awarded with the State Awards of Mongolia for ''History of Mongolia''.

Publications

*''Buu Mart. Martval Sonono'' (Don't Forget. Otherwise, We'll Be Doomed), 1989
''History of Mongolia''
1996

References

Members of the State Great Khural 1954 births Living people Alumni of Imperial College London Jagiellonian University alumni Finance ministers of Mongolia Government ministers of Mongolia Moscow State University alumni Mongolian expatriates in Poland Mongolian expatriates in the Soviet Union Mongolian expatriates in the United Kingdom Mongolian Social Democratic Party politicians National University of Mongolia alumni People from Arkhangai Province {{Mongolia-bio-stub