Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat

President of Mongolia

23 January 1942 Zavkhan, Outer Mongolia, Mongolian People's Republic

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3 September 1990 – 20 June 1997

1st President of Mongolia (1990-97) In this Mongolian name, the given name is Ochirbat. Punsalmaagiin is a patronymic, not a family name. Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat (Mongolian: Пунсалмаагийн Очирбат ; born January 23, 1942) is a Mongolian political figure and a current member of the Constitutional Court of Mongolia. He served as a president of Mongolia from 1990 to 1997 first as Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Great Khural in 1990 then, as the President of the Mongolia from 1990 to 1997, he is the first President of Mongolia to be elected by direct popular vote.