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Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal

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Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal

Юмжаагийн Цэдэнбал
Born1916 September 17
Bayan Chandamnai Ulaa, Mongolia
Died1991 April 20
Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union
NationalityMongolian
Political orientationMarxism–Leninism
Political partyMongolian People's Revolutionary Party


Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal (1916 September 17 – 1991 April 20) was a Mongolian communist politician.

Second World War[edit | edit source]

Tsedenbal served as a Lieutenant General in the Second World War and was awarded the Order of Kutuzov, first class.[1]:380

Political career[edit | edit source]

Tsedenbal became Mongolia's head of government after the 1954 elections with Jamsrangiin Sambuu as Chairman of the Presidium.[2]:409

References[edit | edit source]

  1. A. A. Guber, et al. (1973). History of the Mongolian People's Republic: 'The Mongolian People in the Fight for Development on Non-Capitalist Lines'.
  2. A. A. Guber, et al. (1973). History of the Mongolian People's Republic: 'The Fight of the Mongolian People for the Victory of Socialism' (pp. 407–8).