Khaltmaagiin Battulga

Khaltmaagiin Battulga
Халтмаагийн Баттулга
Battulga in 2019
5th President of Mongolia
In office 10 July 2017 – 25 June 2021
Prime Minister	Jargaltulgyn Erdenebat Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene
Preceded by	Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Succeeded by	Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh
Member of the State Great Khural
In office 2004–2008
Constituency	Bayankhongor Province
In office 2008–2012
Constituency	Bayankhongor Province
In office 2012–2016
Constituency	Bayankhongor Province
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2024
Constituency	4th, Bulgan, Khövsgöl, Orkhon Provinces
Minister of Industry and Agriculture
In office 2012–2014
Prime Minister	Norovyn Altankhuyag
Preceded by	Post established
Succeeded by	Sharavdorjiin Tüvdendorj
Minister of Road, Transport, Construction and Urban development
In office 2008–2012
Prime Minister	Sanjaagiin Bayar Sükhbaataryn Batbold
Preceded by	Tserendashiin Tsolmon
Succeeded by	Tsedeviin Dashdorj
Chairman of Steering committee of the Mongolian Democratic Union
In office 2006–2017
President of the Mongolian Judo Association
In office 2006–2017
Personal details
Born	(1963-03-03) 3 March 1963 (age 61) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolian People's Republic
Political party	Democratic Party
Alma mater	School of Fine Arts of Mongolia
Sports career
Medal record Representing  Mongolia Men's Sambo World Championships 1983 Kiev –52 kg 1986 Saint-Jean-de-Luz –52 kg 1988 Montreal –57 kg 1990 Moscow –57 kg Friendship Games 1984 Ulaanbaatar –57 kg World Cup 1987 Rabat –52 kg 1988 Tokyo –52 kg 1989 Ulaanbaatar –52 kg

Khaltmaagiin Battulga (Mongolian: Халтмаагийн Баттулга [χaɬtʰˈmaːɟiɴ ˈpat̚tʰʊɬq]), also referred to as Battulga Khaltmaa (/ˈbætʊlɡə kæltˈmɑː/; born 3 March 1963), is a Mongolian politician and sambo wrestler who served as the 5th President of Mongolia from 2017 to 2021. He served as Member of the State Great Khural from 2004 to 2016 and Minister of Roads, Transportation, Construction and Urban Development from 2008 to 2012. Before his career in politics, Battulga was a sambo wrestling champion. He was the Democratic Party's candidate in the 2017 presidential election and was elected President with 50.6% in the run-off, the first-ever run-off election in modern Mongolian history.^[1] Mongolians are divided about his role in the 2019 Mongolian constitutional crisis. He was elected as a Member of the State Great Khural for the fourth time in the 2024 parliamentary election.^[2]