Erdeniin Bat-Üül


Erdeniin Bat-Üül is a Mongolian politician from the Democratic Party and a former mayor of Ulaanbaatar City and governor of the Capital City.

Early life and career

Bat-Üül was born in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of the Mongolian People's Republic, on 1 July 1957. His father was Sengiin Erdene, one of Mongolia's well-known authors. In 1975, he completed Ulaanbaatar's High School No. 1, and in 1981, he graduated from the physics department of the National University of Mongolia. From 1982 to 1985, he worked as a teacher in Renchinlkhümbe, Khövsgöl, and afterwards worked at the Astronomic Laboratory of Mongolian Academy of Sciences in Ulaanbaatar.

Democratic revolution

In 1988, Bat-Üül was part of organizing a political group, which in December 1989, would become the first to articulate dissent against the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. Shortly afterwards, all members of the group were arrested, but set free again on lack of evidence. Bat-Üül was one of the leaders of Mongolia's 1990 Democratic Revolution.

Political career

Bat-Üül served as the first and only chairman of the [Mongolian Democratic Party (Mongolia)|Democratic Party (1990)|Mongolian Democratic Party] from 1990 until its merger with the Mongolian National Progress Party in 1992. Subsequently, he served as the general secretary of the newly-founded Mongolian National Democratic Party from 1992 to 1996. He was elected into the People's Great Khural in 1990, and into the State Great Khural in 1996, 2004 and 2008, representing the Democratic Party since 2000.
He was appointed as Mayor of Ulaanbaatar on August 7, 2012, by the Ulaanbaatar City Council. He was awarded with the title of Hero of Mongolia for his role in the 1990 Democratic Revolution on December 10, 2009. He stepped down as mayor on July 7, 2016, replaced by Mongolian People's Party's Sunduin Batbold.
Erdeniin Bat-Üül and Gombojavyn Zandanshatar led the efforts to codify deliberative polling in Mongolia as co-chairs of the Advisory Committee for Deliberative Polling. See Mongolia's Law on Deliberative Polling.