| Khajidsuren Bolormaa | |
| Order: | First Lady of Mongolia |
| Term Label: | In role |
| Term Start: | June 18, 2009 |
| Term End: | July 10, 2017 |
| Predecessor: | Onongiin Tsolmon |
| President: | Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj |
| Birth Date: | 18 January 1965 |
| Children: | 4 Sons |
Khajidsuren Bolormaa, or Khajidsurengiin Bolormaa, (; born January 18, 1965) is a Mongolian mineralogical engineer, as well as a healthcare and children's rights advocate, who served as the First Lady of Mongolia from 2009 to 2017.[1] [2] Bolormaa is the wife of former President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj. In 2006, Bolormaa founded the Bolor Foundation, which cares for orphans in Mongolia.[1]
Bolormaa was born on January 18, 1965, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[3] She graduated high school in Mongolia.[3] She then enrolled at Lviv State University in Lviv, Ukrainian S.S.R. (present-day Ukraine), from 1983 to 1988 to study geochemistry.[3] Bolormaa met her future husband, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, while both were students living in Lviv.[3] The couple married and had their first son, who was born in Lviv.[3] They returned to Mongolia in 1988.[3]
Khajidsurengiin Bolormaa worked as a mineralogical engineer for the government-run Central Geological Laboratory of Mongolia. She then established and opened Ankh-Erdene, a private research laboratory focusing on mineralogy and the Mongolia's mining industry.[4]
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj was elected president in 2009, making Bolormaa the First Lady of Mongolia.[3] Elbegdorj was re-elected in 2013.[4]
In March 2010, First Lady Bolormaa established the Hope Cancer-free Mongolia National Foundation to improve cancer treatment services in the country.[1] [4] [5] She called for increased cooperation between 38 Asian First Ladies [6] to fight cancer on the continent, especially among women.[5] The foundation retrained Mongolian doctors, nurses and other staff at both domestic and international medical facilities between 2010 and 2013.[1]