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born 1963
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj (Mongolian: Цахиагийн Элбэгдорж, Cahiagín Elbegdorj) (born 30 March 1963), also referred to as Mongolyin Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj and Tsakhia Elbegdorj, is a Mongolian politician who served as President of Mongolia from 2009 to 2017. He previously served as Prime Minister in 1998 and again from 2004 to 2006.
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Of course, when you are in office, you have certain responsibilities. But when you are out of office, you also have more freedom to express your ideas.
We never hide our shadow, we give more power to our people, to our media. If our three million people participate, I think we are going to be a big, powerful country.
No dictatorship can stay (in power) for good... People's aspirations for a free life will be the everlasting strength.
I made a very historic decision. Every month, we will give cash to our athletes for their lifetime if they get medals in the Olympic games.
We arrived from being the most isolated and closed communist regime in the world to one of the most open. Today we have a dynamic market economy, a vibrant, creative society.
The values connection is very important. We have to strengthen that connection. If America invests in that, America will have many friends who live on their own, not with bombs or American troops.
We have a long-term goal to build the foundation for continued, practical cooperation by continuously holding official and unofficial meetings based on the principle of respecting the rights and proposals of the participants.
We should never take democracy for granted. Neither should we worship it. It must be nurtured and strengthened on a daily basis. It is our way of living, our state of mind. A democratic society is sustainable because it aims at the highest development of every one of its members.
We all know there are sound critiques of the UN. If our United Nations is to survive in the new reality, we must embrace substantive change. We need reforms to build a just common home. If we delay action, change will become more painful and challenging.
We have two big neighbors, and, of course, we are really striving to maintain neighborly good relations with our two neighbors. As well, we want to have good relations with other nations. All those other nations we call our third neighbor. This is the concept after 1990.
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