Natsagiin Udval Explained
Natsagiin Udval is a Mongolian politician. She has been the secretary general of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party since 2010. She is the country's Health Minister. She was a candidate for the 2013 Mongolian presidential election, being the first woman to do so.[1] [2] [3] Udval supports former president Nambaryn Enkhbayar who is in prison on corruption charges.[4]
Incumbent President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, candidate of the Democratic Party, won the 2013 Mongolian presidential election on June 26, 2013 with 50.23 percent of total votes while Mongolian People's Party candidate Badmaanyambuugiin Bat-Erdene got 41.97 percent, and Natsagiin Udval got 6.5 percent of total votes.[5] [6]
As health minister, Udval's only notable work has been a change to the prisoners' medical treatment rule which allowed former President Nambaryn Enkhbayar, who was convicted of corruption charges, to spend less than a month in prison and spend most of his two and a half year jail term as a patient at the Second General Hospital, where high-ranking government officials are medically treated.[7]
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Notes and References
- Web site: New Senior Officials appointed at Ministry of Health . www.wpro.who.int . 2013-06-18.
- Web site: Three Candidates to Run for Mongolia Presidency . wsj.com . 2013-06-18.
- Web site: First female candidate to run for Mongolian presidency . xinhuanet.com . 2013-06-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022749/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-05/12/c_132376675.htm . 2016-03-04 .
- News: Namjilsangarav. Ganbat. Mongolian President wins re-election. 27 June 2013. The Globe and Mail (AP). 26 June 2013.
- News: D.. Tsetseg. It is announced that Ts.Elbegdorj won by preliminary result. shuud.mn (in Mongolian). June 27, 2013. June 27, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130629004542/http://www.shuud.mn/?p=250019. June 29, 2013.
- News: Incumbent Mongolian president wins 2nd term on pro-Western, anti-graft platform. https://archive.today/20130629095510/http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/incumbent-mongolian-president-wins-2nd-term-on-pro-western-anti-graft-platform/2013/06/26/2bbce73e-deca-11e2-ad2e-fcd1bf42174d_story.html. dead. June 29, 2013. Washington Post. Washington. June 29, 2013. June 27, 2013.
- Web site: N.Enkhbayar, a prisoner or an "honorable" patient of health sector?. time.mn (in Mongolian). 30 June 2013. D.. Chinguun. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203005636/http://mobile.time.mn/mcontent/20631.shtml?s=society&type=content. 3 December 2013.
