Sanjaagiin Bayar: Difference between revisions

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'''Sanjaagiin Bayar Sanj''' ({{lang-mn|СанжаагийнСанжийн Баяр<ref>{{cite web |Sanjiin title = Olloo | url = http://www.olloo.mn/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=74451&catid=2183 | publisher = | accessdate = 2007-10-30 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110722221341/http://www.olloo.mn/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=74451&catid=2183 | archivedate = 22 July 2011 | df = dmy-all Bayar}}</ref>}}); (born March24 4,December 1956) is a [[Mongolia]]n politician who was [[Mongolian People's Party|General Secretary of the Mongolian People's Party]]{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} from 22 November 2007 to 8 April 20092010, and [[Prime Minister of Mongolia]] from 22 November 2007 to 29 October 2009. He announced on 26 October 2009, that he was going to resign his position as Primeprime Ministerminister due tofor health reasons.<ref>[https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ic2mYKQrTfsU3R3j3O4LaV-7YbOQD9BIKMS00]{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} </ref> He was replaced by [[Sükhbaataryn Batbold]] on 29 October 2009.

Bayar was born in [[Ulan Bator]], the capital of Mongolia, in 1956.<ref name="Mongolian parliament accepts PM's resignation"/> He is twice divorced, and has sixseven children.

In 1978, he completed his law degree at the [[Moscow State University]]. From 1979 to 1983, he worked as an officer at the General Staff of Mongolia's Armed Forces. From 1983 to 1990, Bayar worked as a journalist and editor at the Montsame and Mongolpress news agencies. From 1990 to 1992, he was member of the [[State Great Hural|State Baga Hural]]. From 1992 to 1997, he taught at the Academy of Social Sciences, studied in [[Washington, DCD.C.]], and was director of the Mongolian Ministry of Defense's Institute for Strategic Studies. From 1997 to 2001, he was the chairman of the Mongolian Presidential office, and from 2001 to 2005 he was [[Ambassador of Mongolia to Russia|Mongolia's Ambassador to Russia]].

Bayar joined the [[Mongolian People's Party|Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party]] (MPRP) in 1988. He became General Secretary of the MPRP in 2005 and was – by 377 to 229 votes – elected Chairman of the MPRP at a party congress in October 2007, defeating incumbent [[Miyeegombyn Enkhbold]]. The same congress also voted in favor of Bayar becoming the next Primeprime Ministerminister.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mongolei.de/news/2007okt4.htm|title=Aktuelle Nachrichten aus der Mongolei/ 22. bis 28. Oktober 2007|work=mongoleionline.de|date=2007-10-28|accessdate=30 October 2007}}</ref>

<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unen.mn/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8750&catid=50|title=Unen.mn-Санжаагийн Баяр|work=Ünen|date=n.d.|accessdate=30 October 2007|deadurlurl-status=yesdead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080520104437/http://www.unen.mn/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8750&catid=50|archivedate=20 May 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The Parliament approved Bayar as Prime Minister of Mongolia on 22 November 2007, with 67 votes in favor (97.1%) and two against.<ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/22/asia/AS-POL-Mongolia-Prime-Minister.php "Mongolia rushes to appoint new prime minister as a budget deadline looms"], Associated Press (''International Herald Tribune''), 22 November 2007.</ref>

He began his career as Primeprime Ministerminister with verbal attacks{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} (''speech at his appointment'') against [[Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj]] and the nationalisation of the 15% share of Mongolian companies in the [[Tavantolgoi]] mine, making it a 100% public venture, thus inducing enthusiasm of Russian companies in the large coal deposit.<ref>[http://www.dailynews.mn/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=12927 L. Mönhbayasgalan ''The Railways, Erdenet, Asgat and Tavantolgoi are gifts of S. Bayar to the Russians (С. Баярын оросуудад бэлдсэн бэлэг нь Төмөр зам, Эрдэнэт, Асгат, Тавантолгой)''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521011154/http://www.dailynews.mn/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=12927 |date=21 May 2008 }}, Newspaper Ödriin Sonin. #291, 6 December 2007</ref> Most of the members of a three-party coalition government, led by Bayar and dominated by the MPRP, were approved by Parliament on 5 December 2007; the government included Bayar's predecessor, Miyeegombyn Enkhbold, as Deputydeputy Primeprime Ministerminister. This government was planned to serve until the [[2008 Mongolian parliamentarylegislative election, 2008|June 2008 parliamentary election]].<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-2600556,prtpage-1.cms "Mongolian Parliament approves new coalition government"]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, IST, AFP (''Times of India''), 6 December 2007.</ref> On 11 September 2008, following the MPRP's victory in the June parliamentary election, S. Bayar was elected as the new Prime Minister of a coalition government between the MPRP and DP.<ref>[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iTMM6hi358PaCuulRp3fy98YuM_g AFP: Mongolian parliament elects PM after turmoil] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520165921/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iTMM6hi358PaCuulRp3fy98YuM_g |date=20 May 2011 }}</ref> Under his leadership, the Mongolian Government finally signed an investment agreement to mine the [[Oyu Tolgoi]] copper deposit.<ref>[http://www.montsame.mn/index.php?option=com_news&task=news_detail&tab=200910&ne=340 Investment Agreement on Oyu Tolgoi Deposit Signed] Montsame, 6 October 2009</ref> The deal was later revealed that in fact it was in favor of the investors. According to some sources, after his resignation he moved to the US and bought several properties on his daughter and relatives names. Later it was found that he has several offshore accounts. It is believed that he still has influences on MPP which is confirmed by a leaked video footage in which he gives advice to [[Miyegombo Enkhbold]], the official head of the party, for his presidential election speech preparation.

On 1 July 2008, [[Nambaryn Enkhbayar]], President of Mongolia of that time announced State of Emergency in the midnight after the riot was over. During his announced State of Emergency the police chased civilians and shot four civilians to death from their backs and severely injured a dozen of civilians to life disability in streets different from demonstration or riot location. Also the police arrested approximately 1000 people in street or from random locations whether connected to the riot or not and imprisoned them including children and women without legal advocacy and inhumanely and degradingly treated them with torture involved as they claimed and later released some of them and sentenced some of them. Victims, and their families, civil societies claim the responsibility to [[Nambaryn Enkhbayar]] who announced the state of emergency in the middle of night -– uncustomary hour of announcing state of emergency and shooting civilians without weapons in streets by chasing them and shooting them from their backs in random locations. A wounded teenager to lifelong disability and witnesses confirmed that they were shot by the police.<ref>{{cite web

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Bayar was admitted to a hospital in [[Ulan Bator]] in October 2009.<ref name="Mongolian parliament accepts PM's resignation"/> Because of his declining health, Bayar announced his resignation in a letter to Mongolia's parliament one week later on 26 October 2009.<ref name="Mongolian parliament accepts PM's resignation"/> A meeting held two days later confirmed that the Mongolian parliament had accepted his resignation.<ref name="Mongolian parliament accepts PM's resignation"/> Bayar apologised to those who had voted for him.<ref name="Mongolian parliament accepts PM's resignation"/> [[Norov Altankhuyag]], the First Vice Prime Minister, temporarily moved up as Bayar's replacement.<ref name="Mongolian parliament accepts PM's resignation">{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/28/content_12349567.htm|title=Mongolian parliament accepts PM's resignation|date=2009-10-28|accessdate=2009-10-30|publisher=[[Xinhua News Agency]]|deadurlurl-status=yesdead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031103511/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/28/content_12349567.htm|archivedate=31 October 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Bayar then was replaced by Sükhbaataryn Batbold on 29 October 2009.

On 8 April 2010, Sanjaagiin Bayar read his written request to resign from the chairmanship of former communist party [[Mongolian People's Party|Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party]] due to declining health reasons to the conference of the party and then was replaced by Sükhbaataryn Batbold for the position on the same day from the party conference.<ref name="S.Batbold was elected as the party chairman">{{cite web|url=http://politics.news.mn/content/5501.shtml|title=S.Batbold was elected as the party chairman|date=2010-04-08|accessdate=2010-04-08|publisher=News.mn|archive-date=10 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410194329/http://politics.news.mn/content/5501.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 11 April 11, 2018, Bayar and Saikhanbileg, another former prime minister of Mongolia, were arrested by the anti-graft agency of Mongolia.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/mongolia-oyutolgoi/mongolia-anti-graft-agency-arrests-two-prime-ministers-amid-mine-probe-idUSL3N1RO3OP|title=Mongolia anti-graft agency arrests two prime ministers amid mine probe|last=Editorial|firstagency=Reuters|work=U.S.|access-date=2018-04-11|language=en-US}}</ref>{{Needs update|date=August 2023}}

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[[Category:PeoplePoliticians from Ulaanbaatar]]

[[Category:Prime Ministersministers of Mongolia]]