Dashiin Byambasüren (; born 20 June 1942 in Binder, Khentii) is a Mongolian

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who was

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from 11 September 1990 to 21 July 1992, the first one to be appointed by a democratically elected parliament, as a member of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. He comes from a Buryat background. He is married with six children.Profile in German
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Political career

An economist, Byambasüren served as the chief of the State Statistical Office and the Institute of Management, although his influence initially waned after the fall of his mentor

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. By 1989 he had risen to the position of deputy head of the Council of Ministers and after the 1990 elections (which were largely democratic) he was chosen as the final Prime Minister of the

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. His ministry was noted as reforming but also as something of a

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, featuring a number of former

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who had altered their positions to suit the new mood of the country. However he also developed a reputation for

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, visiting

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and

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, as well as

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and a first visit by a Mongolian leader to

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for over thirty years, during the course of his Premiership. He was succeeded in 1992 by

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. Byambasüren sought to improve Mongolia's external relations and worked particularly closely with

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, which, along with the

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, pledged $320 million to Mongolia under his premiership. He left the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party in October 1992, criticizing its continuing hegemony in the country and its close links to

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parties elsewhere. He went on to form his own pro-democracy group, the Mongolian Democratic Renaissance Party (''Mongolyn Ardqilsan Särgään Mandalyn Nam''), in 1994.

Other activities

Later Byambasüren was at the forefront of campaigns to stop archaeologists from digging for the remains of

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. Byambasüren attacked both the desecration of sacred ground that the digging caused and the private funding of the initiatives. He has also served as a Professor at the Mongolian Academy of Management and Khan Uul University and President of the Mongolian Development Foundation and participated in the

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.2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Byambasuren, Dashiin 1942 births Living people People from Khentii Province Buryat people Mongolian People's Party politicians Prime ministers of Mongolia Mongolian academics