Baabar (born Bat-Erdeniin Batbayar [Бат-Эрдэнийн Батбаяр] in Tsetserleg, Arkhangai, in 1954) is a Mongolian retired politician, political analyst and writer.

Education

Career

Baabar worked at the Microbiological Research and Production Center as a Researcher in 1981–1991 until he became the Leader of the Mongolian Social Democratic Party. He resigned as the Leader of the Mongolian Social Democratic Party in 1994. Baabar was elected to the State Great Hural of Mongolia in 1996. From 1998 to 1999, he was Minister of Finance. After being defeated at the 2004 parliamentary election, he worked as Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister in 2004–2005. Since 2006, he has been running Nepko Publishing Company. In 2009, he was awarded with the State Awards of Mongolia for History of Mongolia.

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