Davaajantsangiin Sarangerel Explained

Office1:Member of State Great Khural
Term Start1:13 December 2012
Office2:Minister of Environment and Tourism
President2:Khaltmaagiin Battulga
Primeminister2:Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh
Term Start2:8 July 2020
Term End2:21 January 2021
Office3:Minister of Health
President3:Khaltmaagiin Battulga
Primeminister3:Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh
Term Start3:4 October 2017
Term End3:8 July 2020
Birth Place:Mongolian People's Republic
Birth Date:1963
Nationality:Mongolian
Party:Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party

Davaajantsangiin Sarangerel (born 1963) is a former photographer, journalist and the current Member of State Great Khural and Minister of Environment and Tourism in U.Khürelsükh's Second Cabinet. She served as Minister of Health in U.Khürelsükh's First Cabinet.

Sarangerel was born in Ulaanbaatar in 1963. After finishing her schooling in 1979, she went to Russia to study photography at the Omsk State University (1983). For two years, she worked with the Montsame news agency as a photographer, before receiving her degree in journalism from the Rostov University in 1990.[1] [2]

Sarangerel pursued a career in journalism and in 1990 became a correspondent for the Mongolian state broadcaster, where she later became its editor-in-chief. During 1995–99, she served as the director of Mongolia's national news agency. Later, Sarangerel joined TV5 in 2003 and worked as its general director from 2003 to 2005. She has been elected the chair of United Confederation of Mongolian Journalists twice.

A member of the Mongolian People's Party, Sarangerel was elected to the State Great Khural for the first time in 2012 and after her reelection four years later was made the Health Minister in Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh's cabinet (2017).[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Sanders, Alan J. K.. Historical Dictionary of Mongolia. 2010. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-7452-7. 635–36.
  2. Web site: Даваажанцангийн Сарангэрэл. Parliament of Mongolia. 11 November 2017. Mongolian.
  3. News: Ч.Содномцэрэн: Автоматжуулсан системийг бүрэн төгс хэрэгжүүлсэн сонгууль болов. Ch.Sodnomtseren: Election system was fully implemented. 11 November 2017. Montsame. 5 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160816170450/http://www.montsame.mn/%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BE%D0%B4-%D0%BC%D1%8D%D0%B4%D1%8D%D1%8D/%D1%87%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%86%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD-%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B6%D1%83%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD-%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%B3-%D0%B1%D2%AF%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD-%D1%82%D3%A9%D0%B3%D1%81-%D1%85%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B3%D0%B6%D2%AF%D2%AF%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%8D%D0%BD-%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2. Montsame. Mongolian. 16 August 2016.
  4. Web site: Bormann. Renate. News from Mongolia. Mongolei. 29 October 2017. 11 November 2017.