Khorloogiin Choibalsan | |
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| ᠬᠣᠷᠯᠤᠠ ᠶᠢᠨᠴᠣᠢᠢᠪᠠᠯᠰᠠᠩ Хорлоогийн Чойбалсан | |
 Choibalsan in the 1940s | |
| 10th Chairman of the Council of Ministers | |
| In office 24 March 1939 – 26 January 1952 | |
| General Secretary | Banzarjavyn Baasanjav Dashiin Damba Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal |
| Preceded by | Anandyn Amar |
| Succeeded by | Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal |
| 4th Chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Hural | |
| In office 24 January 1929 – 27 April 1930 | |
| General Secretary | Ölziin Badrakh Bat-Ochiryn Eldev-Ochir Peljidiin Genden |
| Preceded by | Jamtsangiin Damdinsüren |
| Succeeded by | Losolyn Laagan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Khorloogiin Dugar 8 February 1895 Achit Beysiyn, Outer Mongolia, Qing China |
| Died | 26 January 1952 (aged 56) Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Resting place | Altan-Ölgii National Cemetery |
| Nationality | Mongolian |
| Political party | Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party |
| Spouse(s) | Borotologai (1921–1935) B. Gündegmaa (1935–1952) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Mongolian People's Republic |
| Branch/service |  Mongolian People's Army |
| Years of service | 1921–1952 |
| Rank | Marshal |
| Commands | All (supreme commander) |
| Battles/wars | Mongolian Revolution of 1921 World War II |
| Awards |       Foreign:
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Khorloogiin Choibalsan[a] (8 February 1895 – 26 January 1952) was a Mongolian politician who served as the leader of the Mongolian People's Republic as chairman of the Council of Ministers (premier) from 1939 until his death in 1952. He was also commander-in-chief of the Mongolian People's Army from 1937, and chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Khural (head of state) from 1929 to 1930. His rise to power in the 1930s was personally orchestrated by Joseph Stalin, and his rule was maintained by a repressive state and cult of personality. Choibalsan led a dictatorship and organized Stalinist purges in Mongolia between 1937 and 1939 as head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Choibalsan was one of the 1921 Mongolian revolutionaries, and held several political and military roles in the 1920s. Mongolia's economic, political, and military ties to the Soviet Union deepened, though after World War II, Choibalsan supported pan-Mongolian unification with Inner Mongolia. He died of cancer in Moscow in 1952, and was succeeded as leader by his protégé, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal.
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