The new president of Mongolia biography. The new President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga is a businessman, sambist, artist

14.08.2017 19:22

The new president of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga is rapidly gaining media popularity.

Battulga was elected on July 8, 2017. As they write in the media, for the first time in the history of Mongolia, the elections of the head of the republic were held in two rounds.

Although Battulga was previously elected as a deputy, he worked in the executive branch - the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Industry ( the most monetary ministries -approx. author) of the Mongolian People's Republic, for some reason he is called a representative of the opposition in the press.

It is also interesting that elected head The state positions itself as an anti-oligarchic candidate, but he himself is a business magnate and remains one of the richest people in Mongolia. His main interests are agriculture and tourism. “He is known for having built a 40-meter equestrian statue of Genghis Khan outside of Ulaanbaatar,” the media said.

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The elections were scandalous. Corruption allegations were made against all participants, which led voters to leave their ballots blank in protest.

"The turnout was the lowest in the history of the presidential election," the Mongolia Today website notes. According to the site, a little less than 1.2 million voters took part in the elections, which is less than 60% of the list.

“The elections were held in an atmosphere of division in Mongolian society, which expressed dissatisfaction with the general situation in the country, high level corruption and a drop in the standard of living, ”said one of the interlocutors of Gazeta.Ru.

Experts emphasize that the new president of the country will have to solve a complex of complex problems. Mongolia has a large amount of natural resources, which made it attractive to international investors and provided opportunities for economic growth at the beginning of economic reforms.

However, falling prices for commodity exports contributed to a reduction in foreign investment and rising unemployment. At the end of May, the country's authorities attracted a loan from the International Monetary Fund for $5.5 billion, but one of the conditions for its provision was the requirement to reduce spending and raise taxes, which caused discontent among the population. In May, just before the elections, the loan was finally approved.

In August 2016, Mongolia faced a severe economic crisis. The exchange rate of the national currency fell to a 20-year low. The main reasons are the slowdown in China's economic growth and the fall in prices for raw materials, the sale of which was the main export item from Mongolia, writes Gazeta.ru.

Billionaire Battulga, after being elected president, two weeks later, addressed civil servants, politicians and related parties. He urged them to return the money from the offshore zone to their homeland, or rather to the bank of Mongolia "MongolBank".

“There is information that 49 citizens of Mongolia have offshore accounts, among them civil servants, politicians and related parties suspected of “laundering” criminal money, state corruption and fraudulent operations,” EAD writes.

“If the aforementioned individuals do not respond to this call, we can talk about disclosing information about their accounts and bringing these individuals to justice in accordance with the law,” the source says.

The new President of Mongolia, Khaltmaagiin Battulga, refused to live in his residence in the Marshal's Padya (Ikh Tenger), next to the mansions of Parliament Chairman Miyegombyn Enkhbold and Prime Minister Jargaltulgyn Erdenebat, Mongolia Now reports.

For the last 63 years, all the leaders of Mongolia - Yumzhagiin Tsedenbal, Jambyn Batmunkh, Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, Natsagiin Bagabandi, Nambaryn Enkhbayar and Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorzh - lived in a strictly protected area in the mountains of Bogdo uul. According to the publication, Battulga decided to settle in small house opposite the Central Post Office, where Tsedenbal's winter quarters used to be. The head of Mongolia is going to walk to work, 400 meters from home to the administration. As noted, the Presidential Administration hopes that many officials will also give up bulky SUVs and other luxuries in work and life, Tengrinews.kz writes.

The elected president of the country was a professional sportsman in the past. In 1986-1989 he was a member of the national sambo and judo team of the country. In 1995 he was awarded the title of Honored Athlete of Mongolia. In September 2006, he became president of the Judo Federation of Mongolia, according to the Asia Russia portal.

Battulga advocates the construction of railways to Russia and industrial plants for the processing of Mongolian minerals. He also plans to cancel a government order that prevents income from strategic deposits from reaching local banks.

It is worth noting that shortly before the elections, representatives of the United Russia party met with Battulga, which in a certain way indicates the political orientation of the new president. Even on his campaign poster, Battulga used the image of the Russian president.

In the biography of the new president of Mongolia, one more “Russian trace” can be traced - the origin of his second wife.

The first wife was Mongolian, the second, as they say, Russian.

But the photo of the “Russian wife” Angelica Davain is not particularly published anywhere. There is only one photo of her on the Internet ( maybe not even herapprox. author), where a girl is sitting, more like our sugar workers.

“Davoin”, as the Internet writes, is an Izhora surname. The Izhors are an indigenous people of Finno-Ugric origin.

New President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga On Monday, he officially took office as the President of Mongolia, the Montsame agency reports.

The inauguration ceremony was held at the State Residence in the presence of deputies, the head of the Constitutional Court, other candidates who participated in the 2017 presidential election, and foreign diplomats.

In his speech, the new president promised, in particular, to pay attention to the development of foreign relations and the expansion of friendly relations with China and Russia in all directions.

Battulga, candidate of the minority Democratic Party in parliament, July 7 won in the second round of the presidential elections in Mongolia. According to preliminary calculations, Battulga scored 50.6% of the vote, turnout was 60.9%.

Battulga is a young charismatic politician, successful businessman, artist and sportsman. He is considered one of the richest people Mongolia, is the owner of the Zhenko Corporation. Speaks Russian, English, according to the ARD portal.

As political scientists point out, he places the main stake in his policy on the development of economic cooperation with Russia - " We have many untapped opportunities in relations with Russia." Battulga considers it necessary to revise a number of conditions put forward by the IMF on a state loan and oblige foreign companies engaged in mining in Mongolia to conduct transactions through Mongolian banks. The new president also intends to diversify foreign trade reducing dependence on China.

Khaltmaagiin Battulga was born on March 3, 1963 in Ulaanbaatar. One of his hobbies is martial arts. Battulga participated in the World Sambo Championship three times and won a full set of medals - gold, silver and bronze. In 1989, he took 1st place at the Sambo World Cup, for which he received a four-room apartment from the state, which, by his own admission, he had been waiting for so long. Awarded the title of Honored Athlete of Mongolia.

In September 2006, he became the President of the Judo Federation of Mongolia. Since then, at his own expense, he has supported Mongolian judo in every possible way and donated more than 1 billion tugriks ($419,000) to the development of this sport.

He was elected a deputy, served as the Minister of Transport, then - the Minister of Industry of Mongolia.

His first wife Ts. Enkhtuyaa- Director of the company "Nүүdelchin". His current wife Angelica Dawain Russian by origin (according to Mongolian sources, she is not a citizen of Russia, but was born in Khentii aimag). The couple have two twin children.

10:27 — REGNUM The Main Electoral Committee of Mongolia today, July 9, announced the final results of the presidential elections and submitted a resolution to the State Great Khural (Mongolia's parliament) to recognize the candidate as the elected president, correspondent reports IA REGNUM. The winning candidate must take the oath during the session of Parliament. According to some reports, preparations for the inauguration have already begun.

Recall that on July 7 in Mongolia, for the first time in history, the second round of presidential elections took place, since during the first round, due to low voter turnout, none of the three candidates managed to gain 50% of the votes required for election.

In the second round, the candidate from the Mongolian People's Party, the current speaker of parliament, fought for the post of head of state Miegombo Enkhbold and Democratic nominee Khaltmaa Battulga.

According to the results of the second round, the candidate from the Democratic Party Khaltmaa Battulga won about 50.6% of the vote.

Already on July 8, although the Main Electoral Committee of Mongolia did not announce the final results, the citizens who voted for this candidate and members of the Democratic Party celebrated their victory, festive events took place on Victory Square in the capital of Mongolia.

And even his rival, the candidate from the Mongolian People's Party Miyegombo Enkhbold, on July 8, before the announcement of the results, made an official statement admitting his defeat. He noted that, as the Speaker of the Parliament, he would convene an extraordinary session and promptly organize events for the preparation of the inauguration after the submission by the Main Electoral Committee of the report on the final results of the presidential elections.

In his speech, Mieegombo Enkhbold expressed his gratitude to the voters who voted for him. It should be noted that more than 500,000 voters voted for the MNP candidate.

What powers does the President of Mongolia have?

The Mongolian constitution clearly defines the powers and duties of the President of Mongolia.

According to the Mongolian constitution, the president is the head of state, a symbol of the unity of the people of Mongolia.

The President of Mongolia is elected for a term of four years by a citizen of the country who has reached the age of forty-five years, permanently residing in his homeland for the last five years. The President has the right to veto the adoption of laws and other decisions by Parliament. The veto imposed by the President is discussed by Parliament, and if two-thirds of all participants in the session reject it, then this law or the decision is still considered to have entered into force.

The President proposes to the State Great Khural (parliament) a candidate for the post of prime minister nominated by the party that has the majority of seats in parliament, or in the absence of a party of its own candidacy, a candidate agreed with all parties represented in the State Great Khural.

The head of state makes proposals for the resignation of the government. On matters relating to his powers, he gives instructions to the government. If the president issues a decree on these matters, it comes into force after it is signed by the prime minister.

The President also confers honorary state titles, the highest military ranks, awards orders and medals; grants pardon; decides on the issues of accepting Mongolian citizenship and renunciation of it and granting political asylum; exercises leadership of the National Security Council of Mongolia and has other powers.

How is the inauguration of the new president

Due to the appointment of the second round of the presidential elections, the public began to worry about the question: who will open the ceremony of the beginning of the Nadom holiday on July 11? This is the biggest national holiday in Mongolia and according to the law, its opening is held by the head of state.

In this regard, the current President of Mongolia Tsakhia Elbegdorj wrote on his Twitter page:

“I spoke with the speaker of parliament about the date of the inauguration of the elected president. The inauguration will be July 10th. It is necessary to quickly ensure the preparation of the inauguration event.”

In accordance with the current legislation of Mongolia, within 10 days after the completion of voting, the Main Electoral Committee is obliged to submit a decision on recognizing the victory of the candidate who received the majority of votes. After that, the State Great Khural must pass a law on the recognition of the candidate as the elected president and his powers.

The inauguration begins with a speech at the parliamentary session by its speaker. The new president takes the oath, then the oldest member of parliament, according to the Mongolian tradition, brings a silver cup of milk to the head of state. After that, the president addresses the people with an official statement.

Who is the new president

Khaltmaa Battulga is known as a big businessman in Mongolia. Although he was twice elected to parliament, for the citizens of the country he is better known as "Zhenko" Battulga. "Zhenko" is the name of the business group he founded, which is mainly engaged in activities in the field of tourism.

Khaltmaa Battulga was born in 1963 in the city of Ulaanbaatar. Has an average professional education. By profession - an artist.

Before starting his political career, he was also known as an athlete. Khaltmaa Battulga was a member of the Mongolian Sambo team from 1979 to 1990.

During the election campaign, many people opposed his candidacy precisely because he did not have enough education to occupy the post of president. In response to this, Khaltmaa Battulga gave the following explanation during the TV debate:

“It is difficult for an athlete to graduate from university. I went to university 4 times. But then I didn’t study for more than 45 days, because I had to participate in competitions on behalf of the university.”

Since 1990 he has been in private business.

He won the parliamentary elections held in 2004 and became a member of the State Great Khural.

From 2008 to 2012, he served as Minister of Transport, Construction and Urban Planning.

During the 2012 parliamentary elections, he again won and worked as a member of parliament until 2016, along with this, from 2012 to 2014, he served as Minister of Production and Agriculture.

Many scandals and rumors are associated with his name. One of them concerns the illegal import of alcohol in 1997, known in Mongolia as the "Case of 17 Containers of Alcohol". Many people were interrogated in the criminal case connected with him, including Khaltmaa Battulga and his relatives. But in the end, the investigation was never completed, the case was closed. In 2016, the current presidential candidate became a suspect in a case of abuse of power, still pending.

Little is known about his family. According to media reports, Khaltmaa Battulga is married for the second time. His chosen one is a native of Russia Angelica Dawain, citizen of Mongolia. Khaltmaa Battulga protects his wife from prying eyes, so the Mongols have never seen a new first lady. She did not appear before the public even during the election campaign. At all meetings and even events related to the celebration of the victory, the candidate was accompanied by his eldest daughter Khaliun Battulga. It is not yet clear whether the president's wife will be present at the opening ceremony of the Nadom holiday, where, according to Mongolian traditions, the first lady must be present.

Donald Trump is a big fan of golf, Vladimir Putin plays judo and hockey, and his Turkish counterpart Recep Erdogan plays football. Mongolian President Khaltmaagiin Battulga also achieved great success in politics and sports. He was engaged in sambo, sumo wrestling and attends the gym from a young age.

For inflated muscles and excellent athletic shape, the British edition of Metro called the 56-year-old Battulga not a politician, but a real superman.

From sports to business

In his younger years, the president was engaged in judo, sumo and sambo, in which he became the world champion in 1983. This victory brought the guy fame in his native Mongolia. However, he did not limit himself to sports. Khaltmaagiin Battulga is a well-known artist, studied art at the university and is an active member of the Association of Artists of Mongolia.

Having retired from sports, Khaltmaagiin Battulga went into business. First he sold jeans on the market, brought video cameras from Singapore, and then opened the Genco company, which became a large holding company decades later.

The corporation is engaged in the production and sale of food products, mining industry, finance, design, information technology and tourism.

In 2008, Khaltmaagiin Battulga, not far from Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, built a 40-meter statue of Genghis Khan. The monument cost more than four million dollars.

In 2004, Khaltmaagiin Battulga became a member of the Mongolian parliament. Later he served as Minister of Transport, Industry, and Agriculture. In 2017, Battulga was nominated by the Democratic Party for the presidency, and won the election.

New President

The current Mongolian president is one of the richest people in the country, but he refused to live in a specially protected presidential residence. Instead, Battulga settled in the center of Ulaanbaatar in a small house.

Despite a busy schedule, the President of Mongolia spends several hours a day playing sports in gym. Haltmaagiin personally controls the preparation of Mongolian athletes for competitions and promises rewards for victories.

The president goes to work on foot, thereby showing officials that it is time to become simpler and give up luxury. When the president's cortege nevertheless travels through the city, his cars stop at the crossings and let pedestrians through.

A descendant of the steppe Bagaturs, Battulga is now married to a Russian woman with a second marriage. His wife, Anzhelika (Olesya) Battulga, is Russian by nationality, a citizen of Mongolia.

President Khaltmaagiin Battulga considers his main task to be attracting investments and tourists to the country. To do this, he began the fight against the Mongolian oligarchs and improves the environmental situation in the capital Ulaanbaatar.

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Battulga used the image of Vladimir Putin in his election race.

Election poster with the inscription "President like Putin"

Khaltmaagiin Battulga, a presidential candidate from the opposition Democratic Party, won the second round of Mongolian presidential elections.

Khaltmaagiin Battulga won 610.54 thousand votes (50.6%). The representative of the ruling Mongolian People's Party, Speaker of the Parliament Miyegombyn Enkhbold won 496.84 thousand votes (41.2%). The remaining 8.14% of the ballots were thrown into the ballot boxes empty. The final election results will be announced after all votes have been counted.

The elected president of Mongolia is one of the richest people in Mongolia (heads the Zhenko Corporation). He was a member of the country's parliament, the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of Mongolia. From 1985 to 1989 he was a member of the Mongolian sambo team. In 1989 he became the world champion in this sport. Since 2006 he has been the head of the Judo Federation of Mongolia. The second wife, Angelica Davain, is Russian by birth, gave birth to four twin boys.

Bright, rich and dangerous - this is how the Mongols speak of him.

Artist, athlete, entrepreneur, former minister, politician. Exemplary son and father. The ARD has repeatedly mentioned him on various occasions. His ideas, as a rule, are grandiose, he is considered one of the richest people in Mongolia, he is the owner of the Zhenko corporation. A few years ago, ARD also published an interview with him.

The personality of Khaltmaagiin Battulga and his activities have always caused ambiguous assessments.

In March 2016, the ARD reported that the Mongolian security forces had detained G. Tuvshinzhargal, Kh. Battulgi’s former assistant to Zhenko, and his secretary Sh. Erdenetuya, who has been working with the deputy for more than ten years.

“I myself testified with good satisfaction and long ago provided the security forces with all the relevant documents and evidence. My children were detained illegally, violating their rights. Apparently, they could not “break” the guys, so they took up women, one of whom has a baby. What do they hope to find with secretaries? And all this because our guys and I fought to prevent foreigners from taking possession of Tavan Tolgoi for 60, or even 100 years.”

In addition, last summer the Unoodor newspaper reported that he was "involved as a defendant on the issue of abuse of office and causing damage to the state on an especially large scale."

The Department for Combating Economic Crime of the Criminal Police, together with the Investigation Department of the Anti-Corruption Directorate, created working group, which is checking on the issue of providing the South Korean company Samsung C&T under the heading “an agreement on the transfer of the rights to carry out construction work on the railway branch in the direction of Ukhaa Khudag-Gashuun Suhait with a length of 267 km” without announcing a tender, as well as abuse of office and drawing damage to the state on an especially large scale as part of the implementation of the project for carrying out creative work “New Railway”.

Another scandal, in which the name of the deputy appeared, was connected with plans to build roads and railways in Mongolia. According to the Ministry of Labor, there are currently almost 180,000 unemployed and uneducated citizens under 29 in Mongolia. 90 thousand of them are men. There is always a shortage of labor for the construction of roads and railways, so foreign workers have to be hired.

To solve this problem, Mongolia plans to use military service, that is, to mobilize 10,000 guys into the railway troops, and thus solve the issue of labor shortages for the construction of the railway and the highway, said Zandaahүүgiin Enkhbold, speaker of the VGH. One of the initiators of this project is the scandalous deputy of the VGHH H. Battulga. On this occasion, the mayor of the city of Ulaanbaatar, Mr. E. Bat-Uul, said the following:

“As I believe, Battulga will resurrect the spirit of Hitler and Stalin. He was a communist junta, and I didn't know."

Thus, the mayor hinted that MP H. Battulga wants to use forced labor of military personnel in this project. He even compared Mongolia's future railroad troops to Russian prisoners of war who built the autobahn and railroad for Nazi Germany. And he added that the railway through Mongolia and China was built by the Vlasovites on the orders of Stalin.

In fact, this project will be jointly implemented by the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Labor of Mongolia. On 3 directions railway there are 10,000 jobs in Gashuun Suhait, Sainshand and Bichigt border crossing. These railway troops will work there. And as the speaker of the VGH Z. Enkhbold said, all military personnel will receive a salary. Whether Mr. Mayor knew about it, or deliberately said so, no one knows. And other people, for example, a prominent Mongolian businessman, director of the Gatsuurt company L. Chinbat, expressed dissatisfaction with the words of the mayor. He tweeted:

“Bat-Uul is a mental patient or what? These are the words of a man who has never worked. In our country, which is 50 years behind in development, work will not be superfluous for anyone for sure - everyone who can must work. And it doesn't matter who he is, a soldier or not. We must mobilize all the forces of the country. People who give money to foreigners and speculate are doing good only to themselves.”

It is obvious that the businessman clearly supports the railway troops project.

And about the positive
Now we will just go through those points that reveal his personality from a new side. And, perhaps, gradually tell what is the reason great success Mr Battulga.

1. Deputy of the State Supreme Council, candidate for the presidency of Mongolia, Mr. Khaltmaagiin Battulga was born on March 3, 1963 in Ulaanbaatar. His first wife, Ts.Enkhtuyaa, is the director of the Nudelchin company. The second, current, his wife is Russian. Her name is Angelica Dawain. Apparently, Mr. Battulga protects her from the "evil eye", because her photos practically do not appear in the press. Only they say that Angelica gave him twins.

2. His father is a native of Bayantsagaan somon of Bayankhongor aimag, and his mother is from Galuut somon of the same aimag. But his parents have long since become residents of the capital. Battulga also has a younger brother and an older sister.

3. He studied at secondary school No. 34 in Ulaanbaatar. After graduation, he entered the School of Fine Arts. There he studied "monumental art". Since 1982, Battulga began working in the Association of Artists.

4. When he studied at the school of fine arts, he once sold his painting to tourists near the Bayangol Hotel, then he was just studying English language. Now the Bayangol Hotel is owned by Battulga.

5. Combat sports became another of his crafts. When he became the world champion in sambo, he was awarded an apartment in Ulaanbaatar. Battulga participated in the World Championship three times and won a full set of medals - gold, silver and bronze.

6. Finally, in 1989, he took 1st place in the Sambo World Cup and received a 4-room apartment, which, by his own admission, he had been waiting for so long.

7. His activities in sports were highly appreciated by the state and he was awarded the title of Honored Athlete of Mongolia. In September 2006, he became the President of the Mongolian Judo Association. Since then, at his own expense, he has supported Mongolian judo in every possible way and donated more than one billion tugriks to the development of this sport.

8. He is one of Mongolia's billionaires.

9. Battulga started his small business in 1990. At that time fabrics produced in Mongolia were very cheap. And Battulga sewed children's clothes. Sold it in Hungary, and then in Singapore. From there, he brought several video cameras to Mongolia. The matter is that in Singapore the video camera cost then 600 American dollars. And in Mongolia, he sold them for $1,200. This is how today's billionaire earned his first serious capital.

10. Battulga was the very first in Mongolia to launch the Millionaire lottery. Here he again made a lot of money.

11. When yellow taxis suddenly appeared on the streets of Ulaanbaatar, the first city-taxi service in Mongolia - Mr. H. Battulga also stood behind this. Also with his light hand The first yellow mini-supermarkets appeared in Mongolia. During his life, he did a lot of things and undertook to earn money. He is rightly considered hardworking, and also, compared with other deputies of the VGH, highly appreciate his business qualities and "openness".

12. Once he said that he never drank alcohol in the presence of his father. It turned out that he was generally a non-drinker, like his father and brother.

13. There is a whole story about how he made his first step into politics. In 2002 there was a very hard winter in Bayankhongor aimag. In Mongolia, such winters are called "Dzud". His parents, natives of Bayankhongor aimag, asked him to help the local shepherds who lost their livestock as a result of this. natural disaster. Then he saw up close the harsh life of the common people. And, according to him, he finally decided to engage in politics.

14. Battulga is known to ARD readers for such projects as the "City of the Future Maidar Eco City" with the tallest statue of the Future Buddha in the center. Of the already implemented projects initiated by the politician - the highest equestrian statue of Genghis Khan in the world.

15. Battulga also tried himself as a TV presenter - in the spring of 2013, the then Minister of Industry and Agriculture of Mongolia agreed to host one number of the TV project “Mongol Tulgatny 100 Erkhem” together with the host P. Anuzhin.