Gonchigjalzangiin Badamdorj

Gonchigjalzangiin Badamdorj Гончигжалцангийн Бадамдорж
Prime Minister of Mongolia
In office 1919 – January 1921
Preceded by	Tögs-Ochiryn Namnansüren
Succeeded by	Dambyn Chagdarjav

Gonchigjalzangiin Badamdorj (Mongolian: Гончигжалцангийн Бадамдорж; Chinese: 巴德瑪多爾濟; Tibetan: པདྨ་རྡོ་རྗེ། Padma Dorje) was an early 20th-century Mongolian religious figure and prime minister under the Bodg Khaanate from late 1919 to January 1921. He is most remembered in Mongolia for caving to Qing threats and signing the "Sixty-Four Articles" wherein Mongolia "voluntarily" relinquished its claims to independence from Chinese rule in 1919.

Early in his career Badamdorj was an administrator, or shanzav of the Bogd Gegeen's estates. In 1895 he was sent to St. Petersburg by Mongolia’s then spiritual head, the Jebtsundamba Khutuktu as the first Mongolian envoy to meet with the newly enthroned Czar Nicholas II and seek Russian assistance in breaking free from Chinese rule. The Russians responded positively and suggested the Mongolians work secretly with Russia’s envoy in Niislel Hüree.

In 1910 as part of Manchu efforts to increase Chinese control over Mongolian territory the Manchu Emperor Puyi issued a decree removing Badamdorj from his position as Shanzav and installing Sanduo, a Chinese educated Mongolian, as governor and Chinese viceroy in Hüree.

Following Mongolia's declaration of independence from Chinese rule in 1911, Badamdorj was appointed as the first Minister of Religion and State in 1912 under the Bogd Khan. In 1915 he was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs after his previous office, along that of prime minister, was abolished.

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