Erdeniin Bat-Üül ( mn, Эрдэнийн Бат-Үүл, born 1 July 1957) is a prominent

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

n politician from the Democratic Party and a former Mayor of

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City and Governor of the Capital City.

Early life and career

E. Bat-Üül was born in

on 1 July 1957. His father was Sengiin Erdene, one of

's most well-known authors. In 1975, he completed Ulaanbaatar's High School No. 1, and in 1981, he graduated from the

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department of the

National University of Mongolia 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 ...

. From 1982 to 1985, he worked as a

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in Renchinlkhümbe, Khövsgöl, and afterwards worked at the Astronomic Laboratory of

Mongolian Academy of Sciences The Mongolian Academy of Sciences (, ''Mongol ulsyn Shinjlekh ukhaany Akademi'') is Mongolia's first centre of modern sciences. It came into being in 1921 when the government of newly independent Mongolia issued a resolution declaring the establi ...

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Mongolia's Democratic Revolution

In 1988, Bat-Üül was part of organizing a political group, which in December 1989, would become the first to articulate dissent against the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. Shortly afterwards, all members of the group were arrested, but set free again on lack of evidence. Bat-Üül was one of the leaders of Mongolia's 1990 democratic revolution.

As a politician

Bat-Üül served as a chairman of the Democratic Party from 1990 to 1992, and as the party's general secretary from 1992 to 1996. He was elected into the People's

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in 1990, and into the State Great Khural in 1996, 2004 and 2008, representing the Democratic Party. He was appointed as Mayor of

on August 7, 2012 by its City Council. He was awarded with the title of Hero of Mongolia for his role in the 1990 democratic revolution on December 10, 2009. He stepped down on July 7th, 2016, replaced by

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 ...

's Sunduin Batbold.

References

Oliver Corff, ''Who Is Who der Mongolischen Politik'': Bat-Üül, Ärdäniïn (Erdeniin Bat Uul)
(in German)
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(in Mongolian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bat-Uul, Erdeniin 1957 births Living people Democratic Party (Mongolia) politicians Members of the State Great Khural People from Ulaanbaatar National University of Mongolia alumni