Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh

About

Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh (born 14 June 1968) is a Mongolian politician and envoy who has been the sixth president of Mongolia since 2021. He previously served as the 30th prime minister from 2017 to 2021 and was elected to the Parliament of Mongolia four times – in 2000, 2004, 2012, and 2020.
Before his premiership, Khürelsükh served in the Mongolian government as Minister for Emergency Situations from 2004 to 2006, Minister for Professional Inspection from 2006 to 2008, and two stints as deputy prime minister between 2014 and 2017. He was the secretary-general of the Mongolian People’s Party from 2008 to 2012 and its chairman from 2017 to 2021.

== Background ==
Khürelsükh was born to a driver’s family on 14 June 1968 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. His father, Ukhnaa, was born in Khentii-Sükhbaatar Province, prompting Khürelsükh to take up his father’s birthplace as his constituency. In an interview he gave for TV25, Khürelsükh stated that his father met his mother in Govi-Altai Province while he was making wells. The couple then moved to the capital, Ulaanbaatar, where Khürelsükh was born.
Prior to his birth, his father and older sister found a small bronze axe next to a hot spring well, thus…