Peljidiin Genden

Peljidiin Genden Пэлжидийн Гэндэн
7th First Secretary of the Central Committee of the People's Revolutionary Party of Mongolia
In office 13 March 1930 – 13 March 1931
Preceded by	Bat-Ochiryn Eldev-Ochir
Succeeded by	Zolbingiin Shijee
2nd Chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Khural
In office 29 November 1924 – 15 November 1927
General Secretary	Tseren-Ochiryn Dambadorj
Preceded by	Navaandorjiin Jadambaa
Succeeded by	Jamtsangiin Damdinsüren
9th Prime Minister of Mongolia
In office 2 July 1932 – 22 March 1936
General Secretary	Bat-Ochiryn Eldev-Ochir Jambyn Lkhümbe Dorjjavyn Luvsansharav Khas-Ochiryn Luvsandorj
Preceded by	Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav
Succeeded by	Anandyn Amar
Personal details
Born	1892 or 1895 Khujirt, Övörkhangai, Outer Mongolia, Qing China
Died	November 26, 1937 (aged 42–45) Moscow, Soviet Union
Political party	Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party (1922–1936)

Peljidiin Genden (Mongolian: Пэлжидийн Гэндэн; 1892 or 1895 – November 26, 1937) was a political leader of the Mongolian People's Republic who served as the country's first President (1924 to 1927; Navaandorjiin Jadambaa was just the acting president) and the ninth Prime Minister (1932–1936). As one of three MPRP secretaries, Genden was responsible for the swift compulsory implementation of socialist economic policies in the early 1930s. In 1932, he was granted Joseph Stalin's support to become Prime Minister, but then increasingly resisted pressure from Moscow to liquidate institutional Buddhism and permit increased Soviet influence in Mongolia. His independent temperament, outspokenness (he became famous for fearlessly confronting Stalin during their public meetings in Moscow and was one of the few to stand up to Stalin's strong personality), and growing nationalist sentiments ultimately led to his Soviet-orchestrated purge in March 1936. Accused of conspiring against the revolution and spying for the Japanese, he was executed in Moscow on November 26, 1937.