President of Mongolia

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj sometimes referred to as Elbegdorj Tsakhia, was born March 30,1963 . He is a Mongolian politician and the incumbent President of Mongolia, having won the election on May 24, 2009. The candidate of the Democratic Party, he became Mongolia's first president to never have been a member of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party and the first to obtain a Western education. Elbegdorj was one of the leaders of the peaceful democratic revolution in 1990 that ended more than 65 years of communist rule.
Elbegdorj has been the Prime Minister of Mongolia twice, the vice speaker of the parliament once, the majority leader of the parliament once, and a member of parliament four times. He is known as a pro-democracy, libertarian politician.
Elbegdorj is also the founder of the Democracy newspaper.