The President of Mongolia is elected for a four-year term. Since this Asian country is a mixed republic, the head of state is not the sole executor of power, although he exercises command of the army and has the right to veto laws passed by parliament. The President of Mongolia was first elected by the people in 1990. Today, this country is led by Tsahiagiin Elbegdorj. He is the fourth president of Mongolia.
Biography
By nationality, the current head of state is Zakhchin. He was born in March 1963. The youngest of the eight sons of a shepherd, Elbegdorj graduated from high school, and then spent a year waiting for the draft to work at a mining plant in the town of Erdenet. During the year of service in the army, the young man managed to write and publish several poems in one of the central army newspapers, thanks to which, having been demobilized, he was sent to study at the higher military school of Lviv. Here he studied, having received at the end a diploma of a military journalist.
Political activity
While studying in the Soviet Union, the future president of Mongolia was encouraged by the policies that were pursued there. Returning to his homeland, he, already a recognized journalist, began to actively promote the idea of perestroika and publicity. And in 1989, in Ulan Bator, in front of the Youth Palace, the first rally in support of the ideas of democracy was held, at which Elbegdorzh announced that he was creating the Mongolian Democratic Union. For several months, activists of the movement continued to organize meetings and gatherings, they starved and went on strike. Support for the ideas of Elbegdorge grew not only in the capital, but also among the population of distant villages. The Politburo of the MPRP, which at that time consisted mainly of only elderly politicians, having failed to cope with the situation, entered into negotiations with the leaders of the democratic movement.
In business and media
It is the current President of Mongolia, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorzh, whose biography is closely connected with journalism, who founded the country's first independent newspaper called Democracy. In 1990, he became its chief editor. For the tremendous work of establishing freedom of the press in his homeland, he received the Star of Freedom of the Press. Elbegdorj is also the founder of the Association of Entrepreneurs, which helped in the process of privatization by cattle herders, as well as the return of property previously lost during collectivization. Elbegdorj also participated in the creation of the independent television channel Eagle TV, which in 1994 became the first of its kind in the country.
