Khaltmaagiin Battulga
| Khaltmaagiin Battulga Халтмаагийн Баттулга |
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| 5th President of Mongolia | |
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Assumed office 10 July 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Jargaltulgyn Erdenebat |
| Preceded by | Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj |
| Member of State Great Khural | |
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In office 2004 – 15 June 2016 |
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3 March 1963 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
| Political party | Mongolian Democratic |
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Representing  Mongolia
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1983 Kiev | –52 kg |
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1986 Saint-Jean-de-Luz | –52 kg |
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1990 Moscow | –57 kg |
Khaltmaagiin Battulga (Mongolian: Халтмаагийн Баттулга, [xɑɮt.maː.ɡiːŋ ˈbɑt.tʊ.ɮɐk], born 3 March 1963) is a Mongolian politician and President of Mongolia. He served as Member of the State Great Khural from 2004 to 2016 and Minister of Roads, Transportation, Construction and Urban Development from 2008 to 2012. He was the Democratic Party's candidate in the 2017 presidential election, and was elected President with 50.6% in the run-off, the first ever run-off election in modern Mongolian history.
Battulga is a second child. His father and mother are both from Ulaanbaatar. The family was allocated a traditional “ger” in Yarmag ger district in Ulaanbaatar after they lost everything in the flood of Tuul River in 1966. Hence, Battulga grew up in the streets of Yarmag and went to a local secondary school. When he graduated from 8th grade, his teacher recommended that he apply to an arts school given his talents. Battulga graduated in 1982. While studying at the Arts School, Battulga sold his paintings to tourists around Bayangol Hotel area, learning sufficient English to help sell his artwork.
His father was a coach of Mongolian traditional wrestling and thus Battulga grew up wrestling. Battulga was a member of the Mongolian National wrestling team in 1979-1990. Battulga won the world cup championship in Ulaanbaatar in 1989. Wrestling allowed Battulga to travel internationally at a period, when travel abroad for Mongolians was not allowed. Battulga was awarded an Merited Sportsmen of Mongolia in 1995, thereafter being selected as the Chairman of Mongolian Judo Federation in 2006. Under Battulga’s leadership at the Judo Federation, Mongolian judokas became Olympic Champions for the first time in history.
In 1990, Battulga started sewing and selling jeans locally and in Hungary. This allowed him to make $600, sufficient to buy a video camera and to start an export-import business trading electronics from Singapore to Mongolia, Russia and Eastern Europe.
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