Sharavyn Gungaadorj

Background

Gungaadorj, Sharavyn was born in 1935 in Ih-het Somon, Dornogobi, Mongolian People's Republic.

Education

He graduated from the Russian State Agricultural University in Moscow in 1959.

Career

After holding several positions within the PMRP Central Committee from 1967-1968 he went on to become deputy minister of agriculture. In 1980 he was appointed first deputy minister of state farms and in 1981 he became first secretary of the Selenge Province Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party Committee. In 1986 he was appointed minister of agriculture.

From 1987 to 21 March 1990 he served concurrently as deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers and minister of agriculture and food industry.

After the resignation en masse of the Political Bureau and government, including Prime Minister Dumaagiin Sodnom, on 21 March 1990 in the wake of anti-government demonstrations Sodnom became chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Prime Minister in what was essentially an interim administration before the first free elections could be staged the following September. In 1992 he was appointed ambassador from Mongolia to the Democratic People"s Republic of of Korea and later to Kazakhstan.

Since 1997, Gungaadorj is the managing director of the "Agropro" corporation.

Achievements

• Sharavyn Gungaadorj has been listed as a noteworthy Mongolian government official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Before becoming Prime Minister, Gungaadorj was a member of the State Great Khural (parliament) for the constituency 33 in the Selenge Province and an advisor to the President of Mongolia. He again became a member of parliament from 2000 to 2004, also serving as the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Environment and Rural Development. Gungaadorj holds a Doctor of Philosophy in agricultural sciences, and is a member of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences.