with Dashdemberal Bat-Erdene at Government Palace in April 2014. He was born in the winter of 1963 in the city of
Dalanzadgad in the
Ömnögovi Province. From 1971-1981, he received his
secondary education at the Ömnögovi Secondary School, located in his birth province. In 1990, he became the President of the Ajnai Corporation. For 12 years after 1992, he served as a
methodologist and teacher at the
National Defense University before entering politics. From 2004-2008, he was a member of the
State Great Khural, the Mongolian legislature. In 2012, President
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj appointed him to the post of Minister of Defence. In April 2014, towards the end of his term, he presented visiting
U.S. Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel with a traditional Mongolian horse. Since 1995, he has been President of the Association of Mongolian Oral Surgeons. He is also the President of the Mongolian Boxing Federation. He is currently married with three children. Aside from his native
Mongolian language, he is also fluent
English and
Russian. He is a
Doctor of Philosophy. He is known widely as being one the richest people to ever serve in the legislature, owning three apartments in the capital and spending. He also owns two media organizations, Undesny Medee Newspaper and Ekh Oron Television. ==Education==