Natsagiin Bagabandi

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Natsagiin Bagabandi
Нацагийн Багабанди
Bagabandi in 2004
2nd President of Mongolia
In office 20 June 1997 – 24 June 2005
Prime Minister	Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Janlavyn Narantsatsralt Rinchinnyamyn Amarjargal Nambaryn Enkhbayar
Preceded by	Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat
Succeeded by	Nambaryn Enkhbayar
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Party
In office 7 February 1997 – 6 June 1997
President	Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat
Premier	Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan
Preceded by	Nambaryn Enkhbayar
Succeeded by	Nambaryn Enkhbayar
Chairman of the State Great Khural
In office July 1992 – July 1996
Preceded by	Radnaasümbereliin Gonchigdorj of Little Khural
Succeeded by	Radnaasümbereliin Gonchigdorj
Personal details
Born	(1950-04-22) 22 April 1950 (age 74) Yaruu, Zavkhan, Mongolian People's Republic
Political party	Mongolian People's Party
Spouse	Azadsurengiin Oyunbileg[1]
Children	2

Natsagiin Bagabandi (Mongolian: Нацагийн Багабанди; born 22 April 1950) is a Mongolian politician who served as the 2nd President of Mongolia from 1997 to 2005.^[2] He won the 1997 presidential election and subsequently the 2001 presidential election, serving a total of two terms. Prior to running for president, he served as the Chairman of the State Great Khural from 1992 to 1996 and the Secretary General of the Party Leadership Council of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (now known as the Mongolian People's Party) from February to June 1997.

He was the first person to be the director of Oyu Tolgoi LLC, serving from 2010 to 2013^[3] and then again from 2016 to 2023.^[4]