Natsagiin Bagabandi

Who is Natsagiin Bagabandi?

Natsagiin Bagabandi is a Director of Oyu Tolgoi LLC. Previously, he was the president of Mongolia from 1997 to 2005, and a member of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party.

He became speaker of the State Great Khural in 1992 for four years, then ran for presidential elections in 1997, winning them. He won re-election in 2001.

In the presidential elections on May 22, 2005, Nambaryn Enkhbayar was elected to succeed Natsagiin Bagabandi with 53.4 percent of the vote and took office in June.