Khaltmaagiin Battulga (born 1963)
Born 1963 CE.
Khaltmaagiin Battulga (Mongolian: Халтмаагийн Баттулга [χaɬtʰˈmaːɟiɴ ˈpat̚tʰʊɬq]; born 3 March 1963), also referred to as Battulga Khaltmaa (), is a Mongolian politician and sambo wrestler who served as the fifth president of Mongolia from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of the State Great Khural (parliament) from 2004 to 2016 and Minister of Roads, Transportation, Construction, and Urban Development from 2008 to 2012. Before his career in politics, Battulga was a sambo wrestling champion. He was the Democratic Party's candidate in the 2017 presidential election and was elected president with 50.6% in the run-off, the first-ever run-off election in modern Mongolian history. Mongolians are divided about his role in the 2019 Mongolian constitutional crisis. After the constitutional amendments of 2019, which limited the presidential term to a non-renewable six year term, Battulga was barred from running a second term. He was subsequently succeeded by president-elect Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh in 2021. After leaving office, Battulga was elected as a member of parliament for the fourth time in the 2024 parliamentary election.
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