Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal
| Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal Юмжаагийн Цэдэнбал |
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| General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Party | |
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In office 22 November 1958 – 24 August 1984 |
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| Preceded by | Dashiin Damba |
| Succeeded by | Jambyn Batmönkh |
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In office 8 April 1940 – 4 April 1954 |
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| Preceded by | Dashiin Damba |
| Succeeded by | Dashiin Damba |
| Chairman of the Presidium of the State Great Khural | |
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In office 11 June 1974 – 23 August 1984 |
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| General Secretary | Himself |
| Preceded by | Sonomyn Luvsan (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Nyamyn Jagvaral (acting) |
| Prime Minister of Mongolia | |
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In office 26 January 1952 – 11 June 1974 |
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| General Secretary | Himself Dashiin Damba Himself |
| Preceded by | Khorloogiin Choibalsan |
| Succeeded by | Jambyn Batmönkh |
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17 September 1916 Davst sum, Uvs aimag, Mongolia |
| Died | 20 April 1991 (aged 74) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Mongolian People's Party |
| Spouse(s) | Anastasia Filatova |
| Children | Vladislav Zorig |
Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal (Mongolian: Юмжаагийн Цэдэнбал; September 17, 1916 – April 20, 1991) was the leader of Mongolia from 1940 to 1984. During his political life, he served as prime minister and general secretary of the Mongolian People's Party.
Tsedenbal was born to an ethnic Dörvöd poor nomadic family in Zorigt Khan hoshuu of the Unen Zorigt Khan aimag (present day Davst sum in Uvs aimag). He was the fifth of eleven children in his family (three of his siblings died in infancy).
In 1925 Tsedenbal became among the first students in the newly organized public school in Ulaangom, graduating in 1929. The same year Tsedenbal went to Irkutsk to continue his education. He spent about nine years between Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude. He obtained a degree from the Siberian Finance and Economics Institute.
In 1939, having returned to Ulaanbaatar, Tsedenbal worked first as a deputy minister and then as a minister of finance. In 1940, at the 10th Congress of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, he became the party's General Secretary at age 23.
After taking over premiership in 1952 with Marshal Khorloogiin Choibalsan's death, Tsedenbal successfully purged his political rivals: Dashiin Damba in 1958–59, Daramyn Tömör-Ochir in 1962, Luvsantserengiin Tsend in 1963, and the so-called Lookhuuz-Nyambuu-Surmaajav "anti-party group" in December 1964. He held this office until 11 June 1974, when he became head of state.
His foreign policy was marked by efforts to bring Mongolia into ever-closer cooperation with the USSR. Still, Tsedenbal and his group of party leaders (such as Tsagaan-Lamyn Dugersuren and Damdinjavyn Maidar) were dissatisfied with the economic role that the Soviet leadership assigned to Mongolia. While the USSR prodded the Mongolian government to concentrate its efforts on the development of agriculture and the mineral sector, Tsedenbal and his followers sought to foster rapid industrialization even in the face of Soviet opposition. At the same time, Tsedenbal was cautious enough to frequently express his loyalty to the Kremlin and portray his intra-party critics—including Daramyn Tömör-Ochir, Tsogt-Ochiryn Loohuuz, and others—as "pro-Chinese factionalists" and "nationalists."
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