| Tögs-Ochiryn Namnansüren
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| Prime Minister of Mongolia | |
| In office November 1912 – April 1919 |
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| Preceded by | Besilneshan Khalismanov |
| Succeeded by | Gonchigjalzangiin Badamdorj |
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| Born | 1878 |
| Died | April 1919 |
Tögs-Ochiryn Namnansüren (Mongolian: Төгс-Очирын Намнансүрэн; Chinese: 那木囊蘇倫; 1878-April 1919), with full title Sain Noyon Khan Namnansüren (Сайн ноён хан Намнансүрэн, Good noyon khan Namnansuren), was a powerful hereditary prince[1] who also served as prime minister of Autonomous Mongolia from 1912 to 1915 in the government of the Bogd Khan. In 1915 the office of prime minister was abolished and Namnansüren was appointed minister of the army.
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In July 1911 Namnansüren was a member of the delegation sent by the Bogd Gegeen to St. Petersburg to seek the support of Russia and West European countries for Mongolian independence.[2]
In 1912, Namnansüren, who allegedly could trace his heritage directly back to Genghis Khan, was appointed prime minister of Autonomous Mongolia under the recently installed Bogd Khan as a result of infighting between various ministries and the Buddhist clergy as to which group held more prestige.[3]
From November 1913 to January 1914 Namnansüren lead another delegation to St. Petersburg, this time to guard Mongolian interests during Kyakhta treaty conference, bilateral negotiations between Russia and China that would define the border between Russian Siberia and the Qing territories of Mongolia and Manchuria. Ultimately Mongolian hopes for international recognition of its independence and support for a union between Inner and Outer Mongolia were dashed when the agreement re-confirmed the country’s status as an autonomous region within China.[4]
Attempts by Namnansüren to contact ambassadors from several western countries (United States, Great Britain, France and Germany) and to organize a trip to Western Europe to gain international support for Mongolia’s independence we hindered by Russian officials.[5]
In June 1918, facing increased threats from the Chinese who were demanding Mongolia renounce its Pan-Mongolia ambitions and sign a decree “voluntarily” relinquishing autonomy, Namnansüren again traveled to Russia, this time to Irkutsk, to seek Russian assistance. There he met with two Bolshevik officials in what is believed to be the first meeting between Soviet and Outer Mongolian officials. The Bolsheviks, pre-occupied with the revolution and the ongoing civil war in Russia, did not offer much assistance.
Not long after his return home, Namnansüren fell seriously ill and died sometime in April 1919. Many suspect he was assassinated (poisoned, and others believe he had committed suicide, along with many others involved in the revival of Mongolia’s independence who died premature deaths. Shortly thereafter the Chinese warlord Xu Shuzheng occupied Niislel Khüree and installed Gonchigjalzangiin Badamdorj, who represented reactionary lamas and was more pliable to Chinese demands, as Premier.[6]
In 1914 the Mongolian Namnansüren is known to have brought some films from Russia to show at the residence of the Bogd Khan. These are the first known film showings in Mongolia.
| Preceded by Da Lam Tserenchimed |
Prime Minister of Mongolia 1912 - 1919 |
Succeeded by Gonchigjalzangiin Badamdorj |
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