Luvsangiin Erdenechimeg

Luvsangiin Erdenechimeg (Mongolian: Лувсангийн Эрдэнэчимэг; born 1967) is a Mongolian businesswoman and politician.

Luvsangiin Erdenechimeg
Лувсангийн Эрдэнэчимэг
Member of State Great Khural
In office
July 2012 – July 2016
Personal details
Born1967 (age 56–57)
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Political partyDemocratic Party

Biography

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Erdenechimeg was born in Ulanbaatar in 1967. In 1990, she studied genetics at the Faculty of Biology at Sofia University, where she obtained a master's degree nine years later.[1] She then graduated from the School of Law at the National University of Mongolia in 2001.[1]

Erdenechimeg served as a Member of State Great Khural from 2012 to 2016. As a member of the State Great Khural, she headed the women's caucus. She was elected when there was a 30% requirement for women to be members of parliament. The proportion was lowered to 20% in 2016.[2][3]

Erdenechimeg is married with three children.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Sanders, Alan J. K. (25 August 2017). Historical Dictionary of Mongolia. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538102275.
  2. ^ "Baby steppes: Mongolian women face ballot box battle". The Peninsula. 28 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Baby steppes: Mongolian women face ballot box battle". South China Morning Post. 28 June 2016. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016.
  4. ^ "НЭГ ХУУЛИЙГ САНААЧЛАН, БАТЛУУЛАХАД МАШ ИХ ХҮЧ, ХУГАЦАА ЗАРЦУУЛДАГ" [IT TAKES A LOT OF ENERGY AND TIME TO INITIATE AND PASS A LAW]. vip76.mn. 3 June 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021.
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