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Khajidsuren Bolormaa
Хажидсүрэн Болормаа
First Lady of Mongolia
In role
June 18, 2009 – July 10, 2017
PresidentTsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Preceded byOnongiin Tsolmon
Personal details
Born (1965-01-18) January 18, 1965 (age 59)
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
SpouseTsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Children4 Sons

Khajidsuren Bolormaa, or Khajidsurengiin Bolormaa, (Mongolian: Хажидсүрэнгийн Болормаа; born January 18, 1965) is a Mongolian mineralogical engineer, as well as a healthcare and children's rights advocate, who served as the First Lady of Mongolia from 2009 to 2017.[1][2] Bolormaa is the wife of former President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj. In 2006, Bolormaa founded the Bolor Foundation, which cares for orphans in Mongolia.[1]

Biography

Bolormaa was born on January 18, 1965, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[3] She graduated high school in Mongolia.[3] She then enrolled at Lviv State University in Lviv, Ukrainian S.S.R. (present-day Ukraine), from 1983 to 1988 to study geochemistry.[3] Bolormaa met her future husband, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, while both were students living in Lviv.[3] The couple married and had their first son, who was born in Lviv.[3] They returned to Mongolia in 1988.[3]

Khajidsurengiin Bolormaa worked as a mineralogical engineer for the government-run Central Geological Laboratory of Mongolia. She then established and opened Ankh-Erdene, a private research laboratory focusing on mineralogy and the Mongolia's mining industry.[4]

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj was elected president in 2009, making Bolormaa the First Lady of Mongolia.[3] Elbegdorj was re-elected in 2013.[4]

In March 2010, First Lady Bolormaa established the Hope Cancer-free Mongolia National Foundation to improve cancer treatment services in the country.[1][4][5] She called for increased cooperation between 38 Asian First Ladies [6] to fight cancer on the continent, especially among women.[5] The foundation retrained Mongolian doctors, nurses and other staff at both domestic and international medical facilities between 2010 and 2013.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Mongolia's first lady talks family values". The Worldfolio. 2013. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  2. ^ Sanders, Alan J. K. (2010-05-20). "Historical Dictionary of Mongolia, 3rd edition - page 232". Google Books. ISBN 9780810874527. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Dünyanın ən çoxuşaqlı BİRİNCİ LEDİSİ - prezidentin xanımı 30 uşağın anasıdır". modern.az (in Azerbaijani). 2013-06-09. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  4. ^ a b c "Bolormaa Khajidsuren, First Lady of Mongolia". Office of the President of Mongolia. Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  5. ^ a b "Scientific Forum: Interview with Khajidsuren Bolormaa". International Atomic Energy Agency. 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  6. ^ Scientific Forum: Interview with Khajidsuren Bolormaa
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