Natsagiin Bagabandi

Natsagiin Bagabandi
22nd General Secretary of the Communist Party of Mongolia
In office
7 February 1997 – 6 June 1997
President Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat (until 1997)
Himself
Premier Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan
Preceded by Nambaryn Enkhbayar
Succeeded by Nambaryn Enkhbayar
2nd President of Mongolia
In office
June 20th, 1997 – June 24th, 2005
General Secretary Himself
Nambaryn Enkhbayar
Preceded by Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat
Succeeded by Nambaryn Enkhbayar
Personal details
Born Нацагийн Багабанди
April 22, 1950 (1950-04-22) (age 61)
Yaruu, Zavkhan
Nationality Mongolian
Political party Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
Spouse(s) A. Oyunbileg

Natsagiin Bagabandi (Mongolian: Нацагийн Багабанди) (born April 22, 1950 in Zavkhan Province) was the president of Mongolia from 1997 to 2005, and a member of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party.[1]

He became speaker of the State Great Khural in 1992 for four years, then ran for presidential elections in 1997, winning them. He won re-election in 2001.[2]

In the presidential elections on May 22, 2005, Nambaryn Enkhbayar was elected to succeed Natsagiin Bagabandi with 53.4 percent of the vote and took office in June.[3]

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Party political offices
Preceded by
Nambaryn Enkhbayar
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Mongolia
1997
Succeeded by
Nambaryn Enkhbayar
Political offices
Preceded by
Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat
President of Mongolia
1997–2005
Succeeded by
Nambaryn Enkhbayar