Baabar Explained

Bat-Erdeniin Batbayar
Birth Date:	October 26, 1954
Birth Place:	Tsetserleg, Arkhangai

Baabar (; born Bat-Erdeniin Batbayar [{{Lang|mn|Бат-Эрдэнийн Батбаяр}}] in Tsetserleg, Arkhangai, in 1954) is a Mongolian retired politician, political analyst and writer.

Education

• 1972 Graduated from a high school in Ulan-Bator
• 1972–1973 Attended a preparatory course at the Mongolian State University
• 1973–1980 Studied at the Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland until he was transferred to Mongolian State University which he graduated in 1981 majoring in biochemistry.
• 1987–1989 Studied at the Moscow State University, Soviet Union.
• 1990 Scholarship at The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, United Kingdom.

Career

Baabar worked at the Microbiological Research and Production Center as a Researcher in 1981–1991 until he became the Leader of the Mongolian Social Democratic Party. He resigned as the Leader of the Mongolian Social Democratic Party in 1994.

Baabar was elected to the State Great Hural of Mongolia in 1996. From 1998 to 1999, he was Minister of Finance.^[1]

After being defeated at the 2004 parliamentary election, he worked as Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister in 2004–2005.

Since 2006, he has been running Nepko Publishing Company.

In 2009, he was awarded with the State Awards of Mongolia for History of Mongolia.

Publications

• Buu Mart. Martval Sonono (Don't Forget. Otherwise, We'll Be Doomed), 1989
• History of Mongolia, 1996

Notes and References

1. Web site: Монгол Улсын Сангийн яам. Монгол Улсын Сангийн яам.